...Yet Biron, " that merry mad-cap lord," is not overrated in Rosaline's admirable character of him— " A merrier man, Within the limit of becoming mirth,...occasion for his wit; For every object that the one doth cntch, The other turns to a mirth-moving jest;— So sweet and voluble is his discourse." Malone placed...

...distance from Bristol. Here we were welcomed by the rector, of whom all who know him would he ready to say "A merrier man Within the limit of becoming mirth, I never spent an hour's talk withal." Yet is he at the same time one of those active indefatigable parish priests, whose whole thoughts are...

...limit of becoming mirth, never spent an hour's talk withal : us eye begets occasion for his wit ; Tor every object that the one doth catch. The other turns to a mirth-moving jest ; iVhich his fair tongue (conceit's expositor,) Delivers in such apt and gracious words, That aged...

...blood betrays An impulse in its secret spring, too deep For his contiol. SOUTHEY — Oliver Newman. 7. A merrier man, Within the limit of becoming mirth,...doth catch, The other turns to a mirth-moving jest. Love's Labor Lost. 8. Pray note the fop — half powder and half lace, Nice as a bandbox is his dwelling...

...visitation is particularly hard on Biron, the real hero of the play, and described as one, " Whose eye begets occasion for his wit; For every object that the one doth catch, The other turns to a mirth moving jest; Which his fair tongue (conceit's expositor), Delivers in such apt and gracious words,...

...properly, at the foot of Shakespeare's monument. Mr. BOSWELL. I shall place a wreath upon his grave; "<7 merrier man, Within the limit of becoming mirth, I never spent an how's talk -withal." Dr. JOHNSON. And I will go with you, and afterwards we will call upon his lady...

...latch them.' So the 'latch' or 'catch' of a window. For the expression in general cf. LLL 2. i. 69 'His eye begets occasion for his wit, / For every...doth catch / The other turns to a mirth-moving jest.' 7. HIS : viz. the eye's. QUICK OBJECTS. For 'objects' see 20. 6. They are 'quick' as passing rapidly...

...which is placed with a capital apte to keepe . . . like over sharpe V. His Shape would win grace, even Biron they call him ; but a merrier man, Within the...his wit ; For every object that the one doth catch 70 The other turns to a mirth-moving jest, Which his fair tongue (conceit's expositor) Delivers in...

...publican, who not only wrote the words and tunes of songs, but sang them also, and sang them well. Within the limit of becoming mirth, I never spent...catch, The other turns to a mirth-moving jest; Which hi-j fuir tongue (conceit's expositor) Delivers in such apt and gracious words, That aged ears plïiy...

...young judge ! Merchant of Venice, Act Iv. Sc, I. SHAKBSPRARB. • The rivet TttuKi. DESCRIPTIVE POEMS. A merrier man, Within the limit of becoming mirth, I never spent an hour's talk withal. Love's Later Lett, Ad Ii. Sc. |. SHAKESPEARE. As merry as the day is long. Much Ado about Nothing....