 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,...  Emerson as a Poet - Page 87by Joel Benton - 1883 - 134 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1873 - 728 pages
...has described Bacon's eloquence in words, which, though often quoted, will bear to be quoted again. " 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,... | |
 | Abraham Hayward - 1874 - 484 pages
...readiness, and eloquence were universally recognised by his contemporaries. Ben Jonson writes thus of Bacon : ' There happened in my time one noble speaker...was full of gravity in his speaking. His language, when he could spare or pass by a jest, was nobly censorious. No man ever spoke more neatly, more pressly,... | |
 | Homer Baxter Sprague - 1874 - 474 pages
...this, Bacon was more cautious. As an orator he received the commendation of old Ben Jonson, who says, " 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 si>:ike more neatly, more... | |
 | Michael Walsh - 1875 - 98 pages
...parliamentary tactician. Ben Jonson, an eye and ear witness, describes Bacon's eloquence as follows: „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,... | |
 | Ben Jonson, William Gifford - 1875 - 560 pages
...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 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... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1876 - 768 pages
...has decribed Bacon's eloquence in words, which, though often quoted, will bear to be quoted again. " 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,... | |
 | 1877 - 510 pages
...Jonson's memorable words on the wonderful power of Lord Bacon, for they are all applicable to Mr. Choate: "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... | |
 | 1877 - 510 pages
...memorable words on the wonderful power of Lord Bacon, for they are all applicable to Mr. Choate : " 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... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1877 - 464 pages
...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 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... | |
 | Abraham Hayward - 1878 - 482 pages
...readiness, and eloquence were universally recognised by his contemporaries. Ben Jonson writes thus of Bacon : ' There happened in my time one noble speaker...was full of gravity in his speaking. His language, when he could spare or pass by a jest, was nobly censorious. No man ever spoke more neatly, more pressly,... | |
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