 | 1872 - 862 pages
...censorious. No man ever spuke more neatly, more pressly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, lees idleness, in what he uttered. No member 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 his... | |
 | 1855 - 602 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 spoke more neatly,...pressly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, leas idleness, in what he uttered. No member of his speech, but consisted of his own graces. His hearers... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1844 - 610 pages
...censorioue. No man ever spake more neatly, more pressly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, lets idleness, in what he uttered. No member of his speech but consisted of his own graces. Ilia hearerscould not cough, or look aside from him without loss. lie commanded where he spoke ; and... | |
 | William Cabell Rives - 1845 - 88 pages
...There happened," says he, " in my tune one noble speaker, who was full of gravity in his speaking. No man ever spoke more neatly, more pressly, more...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... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1846 - 782 pages
...speaker who was foil of gravity in his speaking. His language, where he could spare or pass by a jest, y c 1 l P h [* ̢ C& aE t (Z,vXC d - R M h @ ;...& =j [S ;a쌂5| v >К1 $ W R0 % V $ +I { A~/ Y @F uside from him without loss. He commanded where he spoke, and had his judges angry and pleased at his... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 778 pages
...language, where he could spare or pass hy a jest, was nohly censorious [censorlike]. No man ever spake more neatly, more pressly, more weightily, or suffered...less emptiness, less idleness, in what he uttered. No memher of his speech hut consisted of his own graces. His hearers could not cough , or look aside from... | |
 | Andrew Amos - 1846 - 574 pages
...censorious. No man ever spoke more greatly, more precisely, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, or 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... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 732 pages
...or pass hy a jest, was nohly censorious [censorlike]. No man ever spake more neatly, more prcssly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness, in what he uttered. No memher of his speech hut consisted of his own graces. His hearers could not cough, or look aside from... | |
 | 1848 - 786 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... | |
 | Henry Philip Tappan - 1848 - 24 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... | |
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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,... 
