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. Character of Lord Bacon: His Life and Work ... - Side 17af Thomas Martin - 1835 - 367 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
| Arthur Lloyd Windsor - 1860 - 428 sider
...speaker must always have possessed an undue influence on such a listener: " His language, where ho could spare, or pass by a jest, was nobly censorious....less emptiness, less idleness, in what he uttered. 1 1238. 24—2 No member of his speech, but consisted of his own graces. His hearers could not cough... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1897 - 954 sider
...often quoted, will bear to be quoted »gain. " There happened in my time one noble speaker who was rail of gravity in his speaking. His language, where he could spare or pass by a jest, was ttobly censorious. No man ever spoke more neatly, more pressly, more weightily, or suffered less empti... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1861 - 422 sider
...speaking. His language, where he eerald spare or pass by a jest, was nobly eensorious. No man ever spoke more neatly, more pressly, more weightily, or suffered...less idleness, in what he uttered. No member of his speeeh but eonsisted of his own graees. His hearers eould not eough or look aside from him without... | |
| Thomas Babington baron Macaulay - 1866 - 734 sider
...often quoted, will bear to be quoted again. " There happened in my time one noble speaker who was full of gravity in his speaking. His language, where he...pass by a jest, was nobly censorious. No man ever spoke more neatly, more pressly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness, in what... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1866 - 758 sider
...quoted, will bear to be quoted again. (*' There happened in my time one noble speaker who was full of gravity in his speaking. His language, where he...pass by a jest, was nobly censorious. No man ever spoke more neatly, more pressly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness, in what... | |
| Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1866 - 714 sider
...happened in my time one noble speaker (Lord Verulam) who was full of gravity in his speaking. Hi» language, where he could spare or pass by a jest,...nobly censorious. No man ever spake more neatly, more prest ly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness in what lie littered. No member... | |
| Nathaniel Holmes - 1867 - 636 sider
...a soul to comprehend : says Ben Jonson, " There happened in my time one noble speaker, who was full of gravity in his speaking. His language, where he...pass by a jest, was nobly censorious. No man ever spoke more neatly, more pressly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness, in what... | |
| William Henry Davenport Adams - 1867 - 370 sider
...my time," he says, " one noble speaker who was full of gravity in his speaking. His language, when 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, in what... | |
| Charles Cowden Clarke - 1869 - 406 sider
...the passage from Milton. ' There happened in my time, one noble speaker (Lord Verulam), who was full of gravity in his speaking. His language (where he...nobly censorious. No man ever spake more neatly, more prestly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness in what he uttered. No member of... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1871 - 732 sider
...often quoted, will bear to be quoted again. " There happened in my time one noble speaker who was full of gravity in his speaking. His language, where he...pass by a jest, was nobly censorious. No man ever spoke more neatly, more pressly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness, in what... | |
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