 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 Port folio, by Oliver Oldschool - Page 59Full view - About this book
 | Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 518 pages
...noble speaker, who was full of gravity in his speaking. No man ever spoke more neatly, more pressly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness...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 pages
...noble speaker, who was full of gravity in his speaking. No man ever spoke more neatly, more pressly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness in what he uttered. No member of his specch but consisted of its own graces. His hearers could not cough, or look aside from him without... | |
 | Samuel Felton - 1830 - 270 pages
...nature, than was common to the seafaring adventurers of that period. And posterity trious author: — " No member of his speech but consisted of his own graces....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... | |
 | Edward Robinson - 1848 - 590 pages
...who was full of gravity in his speaking. No man ever spoke more neatly, more pressly, more mightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness, in what...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... | |
 | Anniversary calendar - 1832 - 548 pages
...GottholdLessing, 1729, Kametz. G. Lord Byron, 1788, London'! There happened in my time one noble speaker. No member of his speech but consisted of his own graces....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... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1834 - 376 pages
...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, less idleness,...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 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 when he spoke, and had his judges angry and (a) See note DD at the end. (6) See note EE at the end.... | |
 | 1835 - 1102 pages
...when he could spare or pass by a jest, nobly censorious. No man ever spake more neatly, more prisly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness...of his speech but consisted of his own graces ; his bearers could not cough nor look aside from him « it limit loss. He commanded when he spoke; and his... | |
 | Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - 1835 - 564 pages
...when he could spare or pass by a jest, nobly censorious. No man ever spake more neatly, more prisly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness...member of his speech but consisted of his own graces ; bis hearers could not cough nor look asMe from him without loss. He commanded when he spoke; and... | |
 | Thomas Martin - 1835 - 392 pages
...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, less idleness...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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