 | Henry Philip Tappan - 1848 - 24 pagina’s
...mind. As a specimen of oratory, let us take the oratory of Lord Bacon, as described by Ben Jonson : " There happened in my time one noble speaker who was full of gravity in his speaking. No man ever spoke more neatly, more pressly, more mightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness,... | |
 | 1848 - 780 pagina’s
...mind. As a specimen of oratory, let us take the oratory of Lord Bacon, as described by Ben Jonson : " There happened in my time one noble speaker who was full of gravity in his speaking. No man ever spoke more neatly, more pressly, more mightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness,... | |
 | 1848 - 792 pagina’s
...mind. As a specimen of oratory, let us take the oratory of Lord Bacon, as described by Ben Jonson : " There happened in my time one noble speaker who was full of gravity in his speaking. No man ever spoke more neatly, more pressly, more mightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness,... | |
 | Elias Lyman Magoon - 1848 - 498 pagina’s
...encomium which Ben Jonson pronounced on Lord Bacon's speaking may be justly applied to Samuel Adams. " There happened in my time one noble speaker who was full of gravity in his speech. His language was nobly censorious. No man ever spoke more neatly, more pressly, more weightily,... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1848 - 594 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 full of gravity in hie speaking : his language, where he could spare or pass by a jest, was nobly censorious. No man ever... | |
 | 1848 - 786 pagina’s
...oratory, let us take the oratory of Lord Bacon, as described by Ben Jonson : " There happened in mj time one noble speaker who was full of gravity in his speaking. No man ever spoke more neatly, more pressly, more mightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness,... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1849 - 688 pagina’s
...had often listened to him with delight, and who was highly qualified to judge of his pretensions. " There happened in my time one noble speaker who was...could spare or pass by a jest, was nobly censorious (censor-like) no man ever spake more neatly, more pressly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness,... | |
 | 1849 - 602 pagina’s
...had often listened to him with delight, and who was highly qualified to judge of his pretensions. " where (censor-like) ; no man ever spake more neatly, more pressly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1850 - 590 pagina’s
...powerful advocate, according to his friend, Ben Jonson, who thus speaks of his parliamentary eloquence : " , and their own weakness both ; and take one from...contradiction; and esteem of the inquisition of truth as of an sulTered less emptiness, less idleness in what ho uttered : no member of his speech but consisted of... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1850 - 338 pagina’s
...has described Bacon's eloquence in words, which, though often quoted, will bear to be quoted again. " There happened in my time one noble speaker who was...pass by a jest, was nobly censorious. No man ever : spoke more neatly, morepressly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness, in what... | |
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No man ever spoke more neatly, more pressly, more weightily, or 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... 
