 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
 | William Lawson (F.R.G.S.) - 1875 - 272 páginas
...says, "No man ever spake more neatly, more pressly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, or less idleness, in what he uttered. No member of his...his own graces. His hearers could not cough, or look aside from him, without loss. He commanded where he spoke, and Lad his judges angry and pleased at... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1876 - 454 páginas
...speaker, who was full of gravity in his speaking. His language 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." Those who heard him while their natures... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1876 - 768 páginas
...or pass by a jest, was nobly censorious. No man ever spoke more neatly, more pressly, more weighty, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness, in what...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... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1877 - 898 páginas
...words, which, though often quoted, .will bear to be quoted again. " There happened in my time one noblo speaker who was full of gravity in his speaking. His...speech but consisted of his own graces. His hearers couJd not cough or look aside from him without loss. He commanded where he spoke, and had his judges... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1877 - 464 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... | |
 | 1877 - 510 páginas
...jest) was nobly censorious. No man ever spoke more neatly, more pressly, more weightily, or suffered less idleness, in what he uttered. No member of his...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... | |
 | Abraham Hayward - 1878 - 482 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... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw - 1878 - 444 páginas
...when he could spare or pass a jest, waa nobly censorious. No man ever spoke more neatly, more preesly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness...his own graces. His hearers could not cough or look aside from him without lose. He commanded where he spoko, and had his judges angry and pleased at his... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw - 1879 - 448 páginas
...one noble speaker who was full of gravity in hia speaking. His language, when he could spare or pass a jest, was nobly censorious. No man ever spoke more...idleness in what he uttered. No member of his speech hut consisted of his own graces. His hearers could not cough or look aside from him without loss. He... | |
 | Robert Maynard Leonard - 1912 - 788 páginas
...he could spare or pass by a jest, was nobly censorious. No man ever spake more neatly, more presly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness,...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... | |
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