 | 1813 - 706 lapas
...speaks of the eloquence of lord Bacon; " There happened in my time one noble speaker (lord Verulam) who was full of gravity in his speaking. His language,...nobly censorious. No man ever spake more neatly, more prestly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness in what he uttered. No member of... | |
 | 700 lapas
...speaks of the eloquence of lord Bacon: " There happened in my time one noble speaker (lord Verulam) who was full of gravity in his speaking. His language,...nobly censorious. No man ever spake more neatly, more prestly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness in what he uttered. No member of... | |
 | Ben Jonson, William Gifford - 1816 - 464 lapas
...imitated alone: for no imitator ever grew up to his author ; likeness is always on this side truth. Yet there happened in my time one noble speaker, who was...was nobly censorious. No man ever spake more neatly, morepressly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness, in what he uttered. No member... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1818 - 310 lapas
...Contemporary, in his " Discoveries," p. 101, fyc. L HERE happened in my time, one noble Speaker, [Lord Verulam] who was full of gravity in his speaking. His language...nobly censorious. No man ever spake more neatly, more expressly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness, in what he uttered. No member... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1818 - 312 lapas
...Contemporary, in hit " Discoveries," p. 101, Sfc. I HERE happened in my time, one noble Speaker, [Lord Verulam] who was full of gravity in his speaking. His language...nobly censorious. No man ever spake more neatly, more expressly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness, in what he uttered. No member... | |
 | Reuben Percy - 1823 - 432 lapas
...always on this side of truth. Yet there happened in my time, one noble speaker (Lord Chancellor Bacon) who was full of gravity in his speaking. His language...spare or pass by a jest) was nobly censorious. No man more neatly, more priestly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness, in what he uttered.... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1834 - 784 lapas
...characters, viz. of a witty and a weighty speaker.* Ben Jonson says nearly the same of Lord Bacon. There happened in my time one noble speaker, who was...spake more neatly, more pressly, more weightily, or * Peacham 's Compleat Gentleman, p. 43. suffered less emptiness, less idleness, in what he uttered.... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 510 lapas
...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 weightily, or suffered...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 - 518 lapas
...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 weightily, or suffered...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... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1834 - 458 lapas
...powerful advocate, according to his friend, Ben Jonson, who thus speaks of his parliamentary eloquence : " There happened in my time one noble speaker who was...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 when... | |
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Yet 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 spake more neatly, more pressly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness,... 
