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,... Bacon, His Writings and His Philosophy - Page 16by George Lillie Craik - 1862 - 715 pagesFull view - About this book
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1858 - 780 pages
...censorious. No man ever spoke more neatly, more pressly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, lese idleness, in what he uttered. No member of his speech...judges angry and pleased at his devotion. No man had fheir affections more in his power. The fear of every man that heard him was lest he should make an... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1858 - 882 pages
...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, less idleness,...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... | |
| Samuel Austin Allibone - 1858 - 1022 pages
...(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... | |
| George Bradshaw - 1858 - 904 pages
...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... | |
| George Bradshaw - 1858 - 652 pages
...admirer, as he calls himself. " Ño man," says Ben Jonson, " ever spake more neatly, more pressly, more weightily; or suffered less emptiness, less idleness, in what he uttered. . . . His hearers could not look aside from him without loss. ... No man had their affections more... | |
| 1858 - 878 pages
...admirable. As Ben Jonson said of his speeches in Parliament, " No man ever spake more neatly, more briefly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness in what he uttered." Never, surely, was truth more closely packed, or conveyed in language more pithy, nervous, and striking.... | |
| Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1859 - 616 pages
...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, less idleness,...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... | |
| Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1859 - 616 pages
...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, less idleness,...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... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1859 - 768 pages
...he could spare or pass by a jest, was nobly censorious. No man ever spoke more neatly, more pressly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness,...his own graces. His hearers could not cough or look uside from him without loss. He commanded where he spoke, and had his judges angry and pleased at his... | |
| Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1859 - 616 pages
...censorious. No tuan ever spake more neatly, more pressly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, letl idleness, in what he uttered. No member of his speech but consisted of his own graces. His hearerscould not cough, or look aside from him without loss. He commanded where he spoke ; and had... | |
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