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" 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 devotion. No man had their affections more in his power. The fear of every man that heard him was, lest he should... "
Emerson as a Poet - Page 87
by Joel Benton - 1883 - 134 pages
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Essays, Critical and Miscellaneous

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1861 - 752 pages
...speaking. His language, where he could spare or pass by a jest, was nobly censorious. No man ever spoke ulteney not to and had his judges angry and pleased at his devotion. No man had Jieir affections more in his power....
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A Memoir of S. S. Prentiss, Volume 1

George Lewis Prentiss - 1861 - 398 pages
...suffered less emptiness, less idleness in what he uttered ; no member of his speech but consisted of its own graces.- His hearers could not cough, or look aside from him without loss." The main topic of his address at this time was the SubTreasury scheme, to whose recent defeat his own...
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The Christian Examiner, Volume 72

1862 - 490 pages
...happened in my time," writes Ben Jonson, " one noble speaker, who was full of gravity in his speaking. No man ever spake more neatly, more pressly, more...from him, without loss. He commanded where he spoke ; and had his judges angry and pleased at his devotion. No man had their affections more in his power....
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Bacon, His Writings and His Philosophy

George Lillie Craik - 1862 - 728 pages
...or pass by a jest, was nobly censorious [censorlike]. No man ever spake more neatly, more prcssly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness,...from him, without loss. He commanded where he spoke, and had his judges angry and pleased at his devotion. No man had their affections more in his power....
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A Compendium of English Literautre: Chronologically Arranged, from Sir John ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1863 - 788 pages
...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,...from him, without loss. He commanded where he spoke; and had his judges angry and pleased at his devotion. No man had their affections more in his power....
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Philosophical works

Francis Bacon - 1864 - 556 pages
...again. Now I 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,...from him, without loss. He commanded where he spoke; and had his judges angry and pleased at his devotion. No man had their affections more in his power....
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A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged, from Sir John ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1865 - 784 pages
...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,...from him, without loss. He commanded where he spoke ; and had his judges angry and pleased at his devotion. No man had their affections more in his power....
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The works of lord Macaulay, complete, ed. by lady Trevelyan, Volume 6

Thomas Babington baron Macaulay - 1866 - 734 pages
...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...from him without loss. He commanded where he spoke, and had his judges angry and pleased at his devotion. No man had their affections more in his power....
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The Works of Lord Macaulay, Complete: Critical and historical essays

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1866 - 758 pages
...weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness, in what he uttered./' No member of his speech bn* consisted of his own graces. His hearers could not...from him without loss. He commanded where he spoke, and had his judges angry and pleased at his devotion. No man had their affections more in his power....
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History of the Life and Times of James Madison, Volume 2

William Cabell Rives - 1866 - 716 pages
...suffered less emptiness, less idleness, in what he 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 he spoke, and the fear of every man that heard him was that he should make an end." To this attractive portrait...
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