 | Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 518 pagina’s
...happened," 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,...less idleness in what he uttered. No member of his specch but consisted of its own graces. His hearers could not cough, or look aside from him without... | |
 | Edward Robinson - 1848 - 590 pagina’s
...who was full of gravity in his speaking. No man ever spoke more neatly, more pressly, more mightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness, in what...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 - 1834 - 458 pagina’s
...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...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... | |
 | 1835 - 1102 pagina’s
...when he could spare or pass by a jest, nobly censorious. No man ever spake more neatly, more prisly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness...of his speech but consisted of his own graces ; his bearers could not cough nor look aside from him « it limit loss. He commanded when he spoke; and his... | |
 | Thomas Martin - 1835 - 388 pagina’s
...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...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... | |
 | Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - 1835 - 564 pagina’s
...when he could spare or pass by a jest, nobly censorious. No man ever spake more neatly, more prisly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness...member of his speech but consisted of his own graces ; bis hearers could not cough nor look asMe from him without loss. He commanded when he spoke; and... | |
 | Basil Montagu - 1837 - 382 pagina’s
...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...without loss. He commanded where he spoke, and had 221 his judges angry and pleased at his devotion. No man had their affections more in his power. The... | |
 | 1837 - 608 pagina’s
...jest, was nobly censorious. No man 'ever spoke more neatly, more pressly, more weightily, or suf' fered less emptiness, less idleness, in what he uttered....not cough or look aside from him without loss. He com' manded where he spoke, and had his judges angry and pleased at 'his devotion. No man had their... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1838 - 894 pagina’s
...language, where he could pass by a jest, was nobly censorious. No man ever spake more neatly, more prestly, those sounds which make words, which by composition...transposition of letters are infinite. But, on the other side, its own graces. His hearers could not cough or look aside without loss. He commanded where he spoke,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1841 - 624 pagina’s
...speaking. His language (where he could spare or pats by a jest) was nobly censorious. No man ever spake more neatly, more pressly, more weightily, or suffered...of his speech but consisted of his own graces. His hearcrscould 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,... 
