No man ever spake more neatly, more pressly, more weightily, or 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... Bacon: His Writings and His Philosophy - Page 16by George Lillie Craik - 1846Full view - About this book
| John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1855 - 588 pages
...1865.J [Feb. 'where he could spare or pass by a jest, was nobly censorious. No mim ever spoke more neatly, more pressly, more weightily, or suffered...affections more in his power. The fear of every man who heard him was lest he should make an end." In politics, however, he made a perilous attempt to... | |
| Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1855 - 718 pages
...could spare or ptv-s by a jest, was nobly censorious. No man ever spake more neatly, more prestí у, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness...commanded where he spoke ; and had his judges angry or pleased at his devotion. The fear of every one that heard him was, lest he should make an end."... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1856 - 752 pages
...His language, where he could spare or pass by a jest, was nobly censorious. No man ever spoke more neatly, more pressly, more weightily, or suffered...commanded where he spoke, and had his judges angry arid pleased at his devotion. No man had ftieir affections more in his power. The fear of every man... | |
| Half hours - 1856 - 650 pages
...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...look aside from him, without loss. He commanded where ho spoke ; and had his judges augry a; n I pleased at his devotion. No man had their affections more... | |
| Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - 1856 - 704 pages
...jest, was nobly censorious. No man ever spake more neatly, more prestly , more weightily, or sutfcred less emptiness, less idleness in what he uttered....commanded where he spoke ; and had his judges angry or pleased at his devotion. The fear of every one that heard him -was, lest he should make an end."... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1856 - 770 pages
...his own graces. His hearers could not cough or look uside from him without loss. He commanded »-here he spoke, and had his judges angry and pleased at his devotion. No man had fheir afl'ections more in his power. The fear of every man that heard him was lest he should make an... | |
| John Campbell (1st baron.) - 1857 - 426 pages
...His language, where he could spare or pass by a jest, was nobly censorious. No man ever spoke more neatly, more pressly, more weightily, or suffered...affections more in his power. The fear of every man who heard him was lest he should make an end." b So intoxicated was Bacon with the success of his first... | |
| George Henry Lewes - 1857 - 838 pages
...His language, where he could spare or pass by a jest, was nobly censorious. No man ever spoke more neatly, more pressly, more weightily, or suffered...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,... | |
| George Henry Lewes - 1857 - 482 pages
...His language, where he could spare or pass by a jest, was nobly censorious. No man ever spoke more neatly, more pressly, more weightily, or suffered...but consisted of his own graces. His hearers could \iot cough or look aside from him without loss. He commanded when he spoke, and had his judges angry... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1857 - 880 pages
...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...of his speech but consisted of his own graces. His bearers could not cough, or look aside from him, without loss. He commanded where he spoke; and had... | |
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