 | 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...of his speech but consisted of his own graces. His hearers could not cough or look aside from him without loss. He commanded where he spoke; and had his... | |
 | 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...of his speech but consisted of his own graces. His hearers could not cough or look aside from him without loss. He commanded where he spoke; and had his... | |
 | Joseph Dennie, John Elihu Hall - 1801 - 674 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 mem* her of his speech but consisted of his own graces. His hearers could not cough or look 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...No member of his speech " but consisted of his own grace : His hearers could not cough or look aside " from him withost loss. He commanded where he spoke... | |
 | Ben Jonson, William Gifford - 1816 - 464 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,...of his speech, but consisted of his own graces. His hearers could not cough, or look aside from him, without loss. He commanded where he spoke ; and had... | |
 | 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,...uttered. No member of his speech but consisted of the own graces. His hearers could not cough or look aside from him without loss. He commanded, where... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1818 - 312 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 from him without loss. He... | |
 | 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,...of his speech but consisted of his own graces. His hearers could not cough or look aside from him without loss. He commanded where he spoke, and made... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1834 - 784 pagina’s
...powerful advocate, according to his friend, Ben Jonson, who thus speaks of his parliamentary eloquence : " There happened in my time one noble speaker who was...uttered: no member of his speech but consisted of its own graces. His hearers could not cough or look aside from him without loss : he commanded when... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1827 - 528 pagina’s
...imitated alone ; for no imitator ever grew up to his author : likeness is always on this side of truth ; yet there happened in my time one noble speaker, who...of his sp.eech but consisted of his own graces. His hearers could not cough, or look aside from him without loss. He commanded where he spoke; and had... | |
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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,... 
