 Yet there happened in my time one noble speaker, who was full of gravity in his speaking. His language (when he could spare or pass by a jest) was nobly censorious. No man ever spake more neatly, more pressly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness,...  The Works of Francis Bacon - Pagina 11door Francis Bacon - 1858Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Sir Philip Sidney - 1787 - 158 pagina’s
...imitated alone : for no imitator, evergrew up to his author; likenefs is always orT*truTfille.truth. Yet there happened in my time one noble Speaker, who was full of gravity in his fpeaking. His language (where he could fpare, or pafs by a jeft) was nobly cenfoiious. No man ever... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1806 - 490 pagina’s
...rhetorical powers is cited by Aubrey : " There happened in my time one noble speaker, Dominus Verulamus, who was full of gravity in his speaking. His language (where he could spare or passe by a jest) was nobly censorious; no man ever spake more neatly, more pressly, more weightily,... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 518 pagina’s
...his mind, Jonson was peculiarly qualified to form a competent judgment. " There happened," says he, " in my time, one noble speaker, who was full of gravity in his speaking. No man ever spoke more neatly, more pressly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 518 pagina’s
...his mind, Jonson was peculiarly qualified to form a competent judgment. " There happened," says he, " in my time, one noble speaker, who was full of gravity in his speaking. No man ever spoke more neatly, more pressly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 510 pagina’s
...his mind, Jonson was peculiarly qualified to form a competent judgment. " There happened," says he, " in my time, one noble speaker, who was full of gravity in his speaking. No man ever spoke more neatly, more pressly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness... | |
 | Edward Robinson - 1848 - 590 pagina’s
...mind. As a specimen of oratory, let us take the oratory of Lord Bacon, as described by Ben Jonson : " There happened in my time one noble speaker who was full of gravity in his speaking. No man ever spoke more neatly, more pressly, more mightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness,... | |
 | Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - 1835 - 564 pagina’s
...remarkable one : its discrimination and its raciness give weight to the opinion which it expresses : • There happened in my time one noble speaker who was full of gravity in his speaking. His language, when he could spare or pass by a jest, nobly censorious. No man ever spake more neatly, more prisly,... | |
 | 1835 - 1102 pagina’s
...remarkable one : its discrimination and its raciness give weight to the opinion which it expresses: ' There happened in my time one noble speaker who was full of gravity in his speaking. His language, when he could spare or pass by a jest, nobly censorious. No man ever spake more neatly, more prisly,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1838 - 894 pagina’s
...author. " There happened in my time," says the learned poet, " one noble speaker, the Lord Verulam, who was full of gravity in his speaking. His language, where he could pass by a jest, was nobly censorious. No man ever spake more neatly, more prestly, more weightily,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1841 - 624 pagina’s
...imitated alone ; for no imitator ever grew up to hie author : likeness \s nlways on this side of truth ; yet there happened In my time one noble speaker, who...his speaking. His language (where he could spare or pats by a jest) was nobly censorious. No man ever spake more neatly, more pressly, more weightily,... | |
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