 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 spoke more neatly, more pressly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less...  Reviews, Essays, and Poems - Página 381por Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1890 - 1058 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 518 páginas
...There 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...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 where... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 510 páginas
...There 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...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 where... | |
 | 1837 - 608 páginas
...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 - 1841 - 624 páginas
...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... | |
 | Jean Siffrein Maury - 1842 - 320 páginas
...says he, " in my time, one noble speaker (he means Bacon), who was full of gravity in his speaking. No man ever spoke more neatly, more pressly, more...uttered. No member of his speech but consisted of its own graces. His hearers couldnot cough or look aside from Mm without loss. He commanded where he... | |
 | William Cabell Rives - 1845 - 88 páginas
...There happened," says he, " in my tune one noble speaker, who was full of gravity in his speaking. No man ever spoke more neatly, more pressly, more...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 where... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1846 - 782 páginas
...often quoted, will bear to be quoted again. " There happened in my time one noble speaker who was foil of gravity in his speaking. His language, where he...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... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1849 - 688 páginas
...language, where he could spare or pass by a jest, was nobly censorious (censor-like) no man ever spake more neatly, more pressly, more weightily, or suffered...speech but consisted of his own graces. His hearers cuuld not cough or look aside from him without loss. He commanded * Milton— Account of his own studies.... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1850 - 610 páginas
...censorious. No man ever spake more neatly, more pressly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, leas idleness, in what he uttered. No member of his speech...could not cough, or look aside from him without loss. II« commanded where he spoke ; and had his judges angry and pleased at his devotion. No man had their... | |
 | George Henry Lewes - 1851 - 248 páginas
...he could spare or pass by a jest, was nobly censorious. No man ever spoke more neatly, more pyessly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness,...or look aside from him without loss. He commanded when he spoke, and had his judges angry or pleased at his devotion."* Of his political bearing Mr.... | |
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