 No man ever spake more neatly, more pressly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness, in what he uttered. No member of his speech but consisted of his own graces. His hearers could not cough or look aside from him without loss. He commanded...  Letters to 'The Times', 1884-1922 - Pagina 279door Thomas Case - 1927 - 284 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | 1813 - 706 pagina’s
...he could spare or pass by a jest, was nobly censorious. No man ever spake more neatly, more prestly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness in what he uttered. No member of his speech but consisted of his own graces. His hearers could not cough or look aside... | |
 | 700 pagina’s
...he could spare or pass by a jest, was nobly censorious. No man ever spake more neatly, more prestly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness in what he uttered. No member of his speech but consisted of his own graces. His hearers could not cough or look aside... | |
 | John Britton - 1808 - 882 pagina’s
...so nobly did he live. His language, where he could spare or passe by a jest, was nobly censorious : no man ever spake more neatly, more presly, more weightily, or suffered lesse cmptinese, Icsse idelness, in what he uttered. His bearers could not cough, or looke aside from... | |
 | Thomas Zouch - 1809 - 424 pagina’s
...could spare or pass- by a jest, was nobly censorious. No" man ever spoke more neatly, more prestly, more weightily, or suffered •* less emptiness, less idleness in what he uttered. No member of his speech " but consisted of his own grace : His hearers could not cough or look aside... | |
 | Ben Jonson, William Gifford - 1816 - 462 pagina’s
...he could spare or pass by a jest) was nobly censorious. No man ever spake more neatly, morepressly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness, in what he uttered. No member of his speech, but consisted of his own graces. His hearers could not cough, or look aside... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1818 - 310 pagina’s
...could spare or pass by a jest) was nobly censorious. No man ever spake more neatly, more expressly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness, in what he uttered. No member of his speech but consisted of the own graces. His hearers could not cough or look aside... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1818 - 290 pagina’s
...could spare or pass by a jest) was nobly censorious. No man ever spake more neatly, more expressly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness, in what he uttered. No member of his speech bat consisted of the own graces. His hearers could not cough or look aside... | |
 | Reuben Percy - 1823 - 442 pagina’s
...language (where he could spare or pass by a jest) was nobly censorious. No man more neatly, more priestly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness, in what he uttered. No member of his speech but consisted of his own graces. His hearers could not cough or look aside... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1834 - 784 pagina’s
...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, less idleness in what he uttered: no member of his speech but consisted of its own graces. His hearers could not cough or look aside... | |
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