 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
 | Geraldine Emma Hodgson - 1923 - 328 páginas
...he could spare or pass by a jest, was nobly censorious. No man ever spoke more neatly, more presly,1 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... | |
 | Alexander Magnus Drummond - 1925 - 322 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.' " ' III Now, what has Emerson to contribute... | |
 | Arthur Quiller-Couch - 1925 - 1124 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...uttered. No member of his speech but consisted of the owne graces. His hearers could not cough, or look aside from him, without loss. He commanded where... | |
 | Jacob Zeitlin - 1926 - 408 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... | |
 | Thomas Case - 1927 - 308 páginas
...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...own graces. ' His hearers could not cough, or look aside from him, with' out loss. He commanded where he spoke; and had his ' judges angry and pleased... | |
 | Mark Twain - 1909 - 149 páginas
...says of Bacon, as orator: *^.a£2°r»^'*A tfn\<l^^l""t~*' °^ His language, where he could spare and pass by a jest, was nobly censorious. No man ever...uttered. No member of his speech but consisted of his (its) own graces. . . . The fear of every man that heard him was lest he should make an end. From Macaulay:... | |
 | James Phinney Baxter - 1915 - 786 páginas
...pass by a jest) was nobly censorious. No man ever spake more neatly, more pressly, more weightily, suffered less emptiness, less idleness, in what he...consisted of his own graces. His hearers could not cough, nor look aside from him, without loss. He commanded when he spoke, and had his judges angry and pleased... | |
 | Alexander Ireland - 1882 - 378 páginas
...There happened in my time one noble speaker, who was full of gravity in his speaking. His language was nobly censorious. No man ever spoke more neatly,...his own graces. His hearers could not cough, or look aside from him, without loss. He commanded where he spoke.'" Mr. Lowell gives a vivid description of... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1996 - 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... | |
 | Peter Dawkins - 2004 - 481 páginas
...disparaging remarks about the bombastic actor Shakespeare. About Bacon, Jonson also says: 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 us angry and pleased at his devotion.... | |
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