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. He commanded... Relics of Literature - Página 275por Reuben Percy - 1823 - 400 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1680 - 410 páginas
...look afide from him without lofs. He commanded where he fpoke i and had his Judges angry and pleafed at his devotion. No man had their affections more in his power. The ftar of every.man that heard him, was,left he fhould make an end. And. afterwards, Lord Eger/on, the... | |
| Sir Philip Sidney - 1787 - 158 páginas
...TT hiii^,without jofs. He commanded. where he fpcke ; and had his judges a'/igry and pkafed at lib devotion. No man had their affections more in his power. The fear of every man th'at heard him, was, left" lw ITiouTd make au'1 jcero is faid to be the only wk, that the people of... | |
| Horace Walpole - 1806 - 478 páginas
...not cough, or looke aside from him, without losse. He commanded where he spoke, and had his judge* angry and pleased at his devotion : no man had their affections more in his power. The feare of every man that heard him was, lest he should make an end8." This character is from Ben Jonson's... | |
| John Britton - 1808 - 896 páginas
...hearers could not rough, or looke aside from him without losse. He commanded where he spoke, and Lad his judges angry and pleased at his devotion : no man had their affections more in his power. The fearc of every man that hcarde him was, lest he should make an-- end." Another very fine portrait of... | |
| John Britton - 1808 - 882 páginas
...bearers could not cough, or looke aside from him without losse. He commanded where he spoke, and had his judges angry and pleased at his devotion : no man had their affections more in his power. The feare of every man that hearde him was, lest he should make an end." Another very fine portrait of... | |
| Thomas Zouch - 1809 - 414 páginas
...cough or look aside " froin him without loss. He commanded where he spoke : and had his"judges angry or pleased at his devotion. No man had their affections " more in his power. The fear of every man that heard him was lest he " should make an end." See Ben Jensen's Discoveries. The author of this... | |
| Ben Jonson, William Gifford - 1816 - 464 páginas
...hearers could not cough, or look aside from him, without loss. He commanded where he spoke ; and had his judges angry and pleased at his devotion. No man...affections more in his power. The fear of every man that heard him was, lest he should make an end. Scriptorum Catalogus* — Cicero is said to be the... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1818 - 312 páginas
...hearers could not cough or look aside from him without loss. He commanded, where he spoke; and had his judges angry and pleased at his devotion. No man...affections more in his power. The fear of every man that heard him, was, lest he should make an end. Lord Egerton, the Chancellor, a great and grave orator,... | |
| Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1818 - 310 páginas
...hearers could not cough or look aside from him without loss. He commanded, where he spoke ; and had his judges angry and pleased at his devotion. No man...affections more in his power. The fear of every man that heard him, was, lest he should make an end. Lord Egerton, the Chancellor, a great and grave orator,... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1834 - 784 páginas
...His hearers could not cough or look aside from him without loss. He commanded where he spoke, and had his judges angry and pleased at his devotion. No man...affections more in his power. The fear of every man that heard him was lest he should make an end." As a Patron, he considered preferment a sacred trust,... | |
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