 | 618 pages
...lordly entertainments, but always suffered some sarcastic personality to ' mar a good dinner,' adding, ' Discretion of speech is more than eloquence ; and...with whom we deal is more than to speak in good words ; for he that hath a satirical vein, making others afraid of his wit, hath need to be afraid of another's... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1881 - 324 pages
...say, / thought he would mar a good dinner. Discretion of speech is more than eloquence : and to 60 speak agreeably to him with whom we deal, is more than to speak in good words or in good order. A good continued speech, without a good speech of interlocution, shows slowness ; and a good reply,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1882 - 570 pages
...answer, " Such and such a thing passed." The lord would say, " I thought he would mar a good dinner." Discretion of speech is more than eloquence ; and...more than to speak in good words, or in good order. A good continued speech, without a good speech of d He quotes here from Ovid : " Boy, spare the whip,... | |
 | Jehiel Keeler Hoyt - 1882 - 914 pages
...springs From the growing of grass. y. POE— Al Aaraaf. Pt. II. Line 123. danger; 400 SPEECH. SPEECH. iu good words, or in good order. к. BACON— Essays. Of Discourse. Let him be sure to leave other... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1882 - 324 pages
...say, / thought he would mar a good dinner. , Discretion of speech is more than eloquence : and to 60 speak agreeably to him with whom we deal, is more than to speak in good words or in good order. A good continued speech, without a good interlocution, shows slowness ; and a second speech, without... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1882 - 214 pages
...' he would mar a good dinner.' Discretion of speech is more than eloquence; and to speak agreejibly to him with whom we deal, is more than to speak in* good words, or in good order. A good continued speech without a good speech of interlocution shews slowness: and a good reply, or... | |
 | John Ogilvie - 1882 - 724 pages
...Agreeable t (a-grè'a-bl), ado. In an agreeable иг pleasing manner; agreeably. To speak agreeable to him with whom we deal, is more than to speak in good words, or in good order. Bacon. Agreeableness (а ьте'а-Ы-пев), п. The state or quality of being agreeable ; as, (a)... | |
 | Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, Anna Lydia Ward - 1882 - 926 pages
...night. i. Richard 111. Act I. Sc. 4. Sorrow. 400 SPEECH. SPEECH. Discretion of speech is inore tlmn eloquence; and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal, is more tlmn to speak in good words, or in good order. <(. BACON — Essays. Of Discourse. Let him be sure... | |
 | Griffith, Farran, Browne and co - 1883 - 392 pages
...others should be sparingly used, for discourse ought to be as a field, without coming home to any man. Discretion of speech is more than eloquence ; and...more than to speak in good words, or in good order. A good continued speech, without a good speech of interlocution, shows slowness ; and a good reply... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1883 - 236 pages
...answer, " Such and such a thing passed." The lord would say, " I thought he would mar a good dinner." Discretion of speech is more than eloquence; and to...more than to speak in good words, or in good order. A good continued speech without a good speech of interlocution, shows slowness; and a good reply, or... | |
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Discretion of speech is more than eloquence; and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than to speak in good words or in good order. 
