 His hearers could not cough or look aside from him without loss. He commanded where he spoke, and had his judges angry and pleased at his devotion. No man had their affections more in his power. The fear of every man that heard him was lest he should...  A Memoir of S. S. Prentiss - Pagina 352door George Lewis Prentiss - 1861Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Joseph Dennie, John Elihu Hall - 1801 - 674 pagina’s
...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 him without loss. He commanded where he spoke; and had his judges angry or pleased at his devotion. The fear of every... | |
 | 700 pagina’s
...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 where he spoke; and had his judges angry or pleased at his devotion. The fear of every... | |
 | Ben Jonson, William Gifford - 1816 - 464 pagina’s
...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 where he spoke ; and had his judges angry and pleased at his devotion. No man had their... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1818 - 312 pagina’s
...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 commanded, where he spoke; and had his judges angry and pleased at his devotion. No man had their... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1818 - 310 pagina’s
...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 from him without loss. He commanded, where he spoke ; and had his judges angry and pleased at his devotion. No man had their... | |
 | Reuben Percy - 1823 - 432 pagina’s
...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 where he spoke, and made his judges angry and pleased, at his devotion. No man had their... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1834 - 784 pagina’s
...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...could not cough or look aside from him without loss : he commanded when he spoke, and had his judges angry and (a) See note DD at the end. (6) See note... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1827 - 528 pagina’s
...suffered less emptiness, less idleness in what he uttered No member 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 his judges angry and pleased at his devotion. No man had their... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1827 - 558 pagina’s
...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 where he spoke; and had his judges angry and pleased at his devotion. No man had their... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 518 pagina’s
...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...could not cough, or look aside from him without loss. He commanded where he spoke, and had his judges angry and pleased at his devotion. The fear of every... | |
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