 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
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1848 - 786 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,...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... | |
 | John Campbell (1st baron.) - 1857 - 426 pages
...he could spare or pass by a jest, was nobly censorious. No man ever spoke more neatly, more pressly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness,...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 who... | |
 | George Henry Lewes - 1857 - 482 pages
...he could spare or pass by a jest, was nobly censorious. No man ever spoke more neatly, more pressly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness,...but consisted of his own graces. His hearers could \iot cough or look aside from him without loss. He commanded when he spoke, and had his judges angry... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1857 - 880 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,...of his speech but consisted of his own graces. His bearers could not cough, or look aside from him, without loss. He commanded where he spoke; and had... | |
 | John Leifchild - 1857 - 110 pages
...of Lord Bacon, by one of his contemporaries, that " no man ever spoke more neatly, more pressingly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness...uttered. No member of his speech but consisted of his own B graces. His hearers could not cough, nor look aside from him without loss. He commanded when he spoke,... | |
 | Abraham Hayward - 1874 - 434 pages
...he could spare or pass by a jest, was nobly censorious. No man ever spoke more neatly, more pressly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness,...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 - 1858 - 882 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,...aside from him, without loss. He commanded where he sjioke , and had his judges angry and pleased at his devotion. No man had And as he was a good servant... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1858 - 780 pages
...censorious. No man ever spoke more neatly, more pressly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, lese of James. The principles of the Revolution have often...year. There is a certain class of men, who, while and pleased at his devotion. No man had fheir affections more in his power. The fear of every man that... | |
 | 1858 - 878 pages
...admirable. As Ben Jonson said of his speeches in Parliament, " No man ever spake more neatly, more briefly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness in what he uttered." Never, surely, was truth more closely packed, or conveyed in language more pithy, nervous, and striking.... | |
 | George Bradshaw - 1858 - 652 pages
...admirer, as he calls himself. " Ño man," says Ben Jonson, " ever spake more neatly, more pressly, more weightily; or suffered less emptiness, less idleness, in what he uttered. . . . His hearers could not look aside from him without loss. ... No man had their affections more... | |
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