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 Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England: A New Edition: door Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1834 Volledige weergave -
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