 | John Nichols - 1814 - 812 sidor
...better describe him, than in the character of Biron, as given by Shakespeare. ' His name is Hiron, and a merrier man, Within -the limits of becoming mirth, I never spent a social hour withal. His eye doth seek occasion for his wit, j Which his fair tongue, conceit's expositor.... | |
 | 1819 - 280 sidor
...participating in the various enjoyments whicfi sweeten existence. GROSE, THE FRANCIS GROSE, ESQ. FAS -a merrier man Within the limits of becoming mirth, I never spent an hour's talk withall; His eyes beget occasion for his wit; And ev'ry that the one doth catch, The other turns to a mirth moving... | |
 | 1831
...and to indulge his playful imagination in "jest and youthful jollity," I can confidently affirm that a merrier man Within the limits of becoming mirth I never spent an hour's talk withal, although, to my taste, he was seldom so attractive as when, accompanyinghimself on the piano,... | |
 | Julius Michael Millingen - 1831 - 366 sidor
...following lines, too, from Shakspeare seem as if prophetically written for him : " Biron they call him; but a merrier man, Within the limits of becoming mirth, I never spent an hour's talk withal. His eye begets occasion for his wit ; For every object, that the one does catch. The other... | |
 | 1837 - 578 sidor
...What Rosaline says of Biron, in Love's Labour Lost, I may say of the owner of Abercairney-abbey : " A merrier man, Within the limits of becoming mirth, I never spent an hour's talk with ;" and it will be neither his fault or mine, if we do not meet again within the walls of his splendid... | |
 | David Lester Richardson - 1840 - 376 sidor
...reason to believe, that celebrated actor must have been as delightful in the parlour as on the stage. -" A merrier man, Within the limits of becoming mirth, I never spent an hour's talk withal. His eye begets occasion for his wit ; For every object that the one doth catch, The other turns... | |
 | David Lester Richardson - 1840 - 352 sidor
...to believe, that celebrated actor must have been as delightful in the parlour as on the stage. •" A merrier man, Within the limits of becoming mirth, I never spent an hour's talk withal. His eye begets occasion for his wit; For every object that the one doth catch, The other turns... | |
 | David Lester Richardson - 1840 - 354 sidor
...reason to believe, that celebrated actor must have been as delightful in the parlour as on the stage. -" A merrier man, Within the limits of becoming mirth, I never spent an hour's talk withal. His eye begets occasion for his wit ; For every object that the one doth catch, The other turns... | |
 | Mrs. Cornwell Baron-Wilson - 1844 - 356 sidor
...distinguished an ornament. i .... MRS. KEELEY. " She studied nature too — as well as art 1" " A merrier lass, Within the limits of becoming mirth, I never spent an hour's talk withal ; For every object that the one doth catch, The other turns to a mirth-moving jest ; Which her... | |
 | 1847 - 526 sidor
...instinct for mankind. The New Timon. CHASTITY. — (See CELIBACY.) CHEERFULNESS— MIRTH — SMILE, &c. 1. A merrier man, Within the limits of becoming mirth, I never spent an hour's talk withal. 2. And therein sate a lady, fresh and fair, Making sweet solace to herself alone ; Sometimes... | |
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A merrier man, Within the limits of becoming mirth, I never spent an hour's talk withal. His eye begets occasion for his wit; For every object that the one doth catch, The other turns to a mirth-moving jest... 
