 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,...  The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England: With a Life of the ... - Sida xviiefter Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1859Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
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...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... | |
 | 1813 - 706 sidor
...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 sidor
...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 sidor
...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 sidor
...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 sidor
...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 sidor
...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.... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1827 - 558 sidor
...alone ; for no imitator ever grew up to his author : likeness is always on this side of truth ; yet there happened in my time one noble speaker, who was...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 where... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1834 - 458 sidor
...cannot, a coward dates not be a good judge." (c) Ante, p. 111. (</) See vol. vi. p. 400, ante, p. clxxxi. noble speaker who was full of gravity in his speaking;...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 where... | |
 | Basil Montagu - 1837 - 382 sidor
...trade, the colonies and the court ; and of his parliamentary eloquence his friend Ben Jonson says, " There happened in my time one noble speaker who was...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 where... | |
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