 | William Henry Smith - 1857 - 188 pagina’s
...— " His language (when he could spare or pass by a jest) was nobly censorious. He commanded when he spoke, and had his judges, angry and pleased, at...devotion. No man had their affections more in his power. upon that particular point on which the bent of each argument turns, or the force of each motive depends.... | |
 | George Henry Lewes - 1857 - 838 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 when he spoke, and had his judges angry or pleased at his devotion."* A grave biographical question,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1858 - 780 pagina’s
...suffered less emptiness, lese idleness, in what he uttered. No member of his speech but consisted of his sented, and never more than in the course of the present...year. There is a certain class of men, who, while fheir affections more in his power. The fear of every man that heard him was lest he should make an... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1858 - 1022 pagina’s
...(ггж-ея. His hearers could not couirh or look aside from him without loss. He commanded where he spoko, and had his judges angry and pleased at his devotion....No man had their affections more in his power. The ft-ar of every man that hertrd him was Ifist he should muke an end." — Di.'vnvri?s. Bacon's earliest... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1858 - 882 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 sjioke , and had his judges angry and pleased at his devotion. No man had And as he was a good servant... | |
 | George Bradshaw - 1858 - 904 pagina’s
...less idleness, in what he uttered. . . . His hearers could not look aside from him without IONS. ... No man had their affections more in his power. The fear of every one that heard him was. lest he should make an end." The Abbey Church, partly restored, and still In... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1859 - 616 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...at his devotion. No man had their affections more ii his power. The fear of every man that heard him was lest he should make an end." As a Patron, he... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1859 - 768 pagina’s
...No member of his speech but consisted of his own graces. His hearers could not cough or look uside from him without loss. He commanded where he spoke,...judges angry and pleased at his devotion. No man had (heir aflectioni more in his power. The fear of every man that heard him was lest he should make an... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1859 - 1030 pagina’s
...emptiness, less idleness, in what he uttered. No member of his speoch but consisted of bis own ••.r:nv>. His hearers could not cough or look aside from him...without loss. He commanded where he spoke, and had bin judges angry and pleased at his devotion. No man had their affections more in his power. The fear... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1859 - 616 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. lie commanded where he spoke ; and had his judges angry and pleased at his devotion. No man had their... | |
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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,... 
