 Yet there happened in my time one noble speaker, who was full of gravity in his speaking. His language (where 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 Wit and Wisdom of the Bench and Bar - Pagina 136door Frederick Charles Moncreiff - 1882 - 192 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | 700 pagina’s
...time one noble speaker (lord Verulam) who was full of gravity in his speaking. His language, where 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... | |
 | 1813 - 706 pagina’s
...time one noble speaker (lord Verulam) who was full of gravity in his speaking. His language, where 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... | |
 | Thomas Zouch - 1809 - 424 pagina’s
...modem eloquence, that " noble speaker who was full of gravity in his speaking; whose lan" guage, where he 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... | |
 | Ben Jonson, William Gifford - 1816 - 464 pagina’s
...imitator ever grew up to his author ; likeness is always on this side truth. Yet there happened in my time one noble speaker, who was full of gravity in his speaking. His language (where he could spare or pass by a jest) was nobly censorious. No man ever spake more neatly, morepressly,... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1818 - 310 pagina’s
...time, one noble Speaker, [Lord Verulam] who was full of gravity in his speaking. His language (where he 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... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1818 - 312 pagina’s
...time, one noble Speaker, [Lord Verulam] who was full of gravity in his speaking. His language (where he 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... | |
 | Reuben Percy - 1823 - 442 pagina’s
...noble speaker (Lord Chancellor Bacon) who was full of gravity in his speaking. His 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.... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1834 - 784 pagina’s
...witty and a weighty speaker.* Ben Jonson says nearly the same of Lord Bacon. There happened in my time one noble speaker, who was full of gravity in his speaking. His language (where he could spare or pass by a jest) was nobly censorious. No man ever spake more neatly, more... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1827 - 558 pagina’s
...ever grew up to his author : likeness is always on this side of truth ; yet there happened in my time one noble speaker, who was full of gravity in his speaking. His language (where he could spare or pass by a jest) was nobly censorious. No man ever spake more neatly, more... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1827 - 528 pagina’s
...ever grew up to his author : likeness is always on this side of truth ; yet there happened in my time one noble speaker, who was full of gravity in his speaking. His language (where he could spare or pass by a jest) was nobly censorious. No man ever spake more neatly, more... | |
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