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... Essays, Critical and Miscellaneous - Página 249por Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1856 - 744 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| John Campbell (1st baron.) - 1857 - 426 páginas
...that he should retain his seat in the Lower House. " There happened in my time," says Ben Jonson, " one noble speaker who was full of gravity in his speaking....his own graces. 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... | |
| John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1857 - 426 páginas
...gravity in his speaking. His language, where he could spare or pass by a jest, was nobly censorious. Jso man ever spoke more neatly, more pressly, more weightily,...his own graces. 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... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1848 - 786 páginas
...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...his own graces. 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... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1857 - 880 páginas
...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...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... | |
| Abraham Hayward - 1874 - 434 páginas
...There happened in my time 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....his own graces. 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... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1858 - 882 páginas
...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...his own graces. His hearers could not cough, or look aside from him, without loss. He commanded where he sjioke , and had his judges angry and pleased at... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1859 - 768 páginas
...bear to be quoted again. "There happened in my time one noble speaker who was full of gravity in hij speaking. His language, where he could spare or pass...or look uside from him without loss. He commanded where he spoke, and had his judges angry and pleased at his devotion. No man had (heir aflectioni more... | |
| Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1859 - 616 páginas
...sneaking. 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...his own graces. His hearers could not cough, or look aside from him without loss. lie commanded where he spoke ; and had his judges angry and pleased at... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1860 - 512 páginas
...capacious rather than a subtle mind. Ben Jonson, a most unexceptionable judge, has described Bacon's eloquence in words, which, though often quoted, will...his own graces. 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... | |
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