...SIR NATHANIEL. A most singular and choice epithet. [Draws out his table-book. HOLOFERNES. He diaweth ne: — QUINCE. О monstrous! О strange! we are haunted. — Pray, mas I abhor such fanática) phantasms, such insociable and point-device companions; such rackets of orthography,...

...bred in a book; he hath not eat paper, as it were; he hath not drunk ink. 10337 Love's Labour's Lost ying, Egypt, dying; only I here importune death awhile, until Of many thousand ki 10338 Love's Labour's Lost A jest's prosperity lies in the ear Of him that hears it, never in the tongue...

...windbag who liked to spout a lot of hot air in his narrow pursuit of justice, or to quote Shakespeare, "he draweth out the thread of his verbosity finer than the staple of his argument." Attorney Philips stood and faced the jury. With his well-trimmed mustache, full cheeks, and gray-streaked...

...bred in a book; he hath not eat paper, as it were; he hath not drunk ink. 3797 Love's Labour's Lost He draweth out the thread of his verbosity finer than the staple of his argument. 3798 Measure for Measure Thou hast nor youth nor age; But, as it were, an after-dinner's sleep, Dreaming...

...vigilantes. Mordecai Richler, 1997, in the New York Times Book Review 8:58 [Holofernes, of Armado] He draweth out the thread of his verbosity finer than the staple of his argument. I abhor such fanatical phantasims, such insociable and point-device companions, such rackers of orthography...

...part of your lawyer which it is your privilege to contemplate after your account has been emptied. He draweth out the thread of his verbosity finer than the staple of his argument. William Shakespeare A tale told by an idiot. full of d fun. s nothing. .sound and fun. signifying William...

...as finery. The remaining senses are outgrowths of this: (3) delicately wrought, opposed to coarse: "He draweth out the thread of his verbosity finer than the staple of his argument"— Love's Labor's Lost. (4) sharp-pointed, keen-edged: "What fine chisel Could ever yet cut breath?"-...

...CHAPTER • Creating and Manipulating Threads 359 • Synchronizing Threads 369 • Summary 386 JJO T He draweth out the thread of his verbosity finer than the staple of his argument. — William Shakespeare, Love's Labours Lost, act 5, scene l Threads are sometimes called lightweight...

...But the gift is good in those in whom it is acute, and I am thankful for it. [IV.ii. 66-72] 11. Hol, He draweth out the thread of his verbosity finer than the staple of his argument. I abhor such fanatical phantasimes, such insociable and point-devise companions; surl i rackers of...

...wanted a woman he got her." It made the Sunday Herald and News, albeit in expurgated form. f-ONE "ffe draweth out the. thread of his verbosity finer than the staple of his argument." —William Shakespeare, Love's Labor Lost Elizabeth Helle's bombshell slowed down the trial for hours...