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, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less... Essays, Critical and Miscellaneous - Page 249by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1856 - 744 pagesFull view - About this book
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...he could spare or pass by a jest, was nobly censorious. No man ever spake more neatly, more prestly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness...his own graces. His hearers could not cough or look aside from him without loss. He commanded where he spoke; and had his judges angry or pleased at his... | |
| Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1813 - 706 pages
...he could spare or pass by a jest, was nobly censorious. No man ever spake more neatly, more prestly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness...his own graces. His hearers could not cough or look aside from him without loss. He commanded where he spoke; and had his judges angry or pleased at his... | |
| Ben Jonson, William Gifford - Dramatists, English - 1816 - 464 pages
...he could spare or pass by a jest) was nobly censorious. No man ever spake more neatly, morepressly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness,...his own graces. His hearers could not cough, or look aside from him, without loss. He commanded where he spoke ; and had his judges angry and pleased at... | |
| Reuben Percy - Autographs - 1823 - 442 pages
...language (where he could spare or pass by a jest) was nobly censorious. No man more neatly, more priestly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness,...his own graces. His hearers could not cough or look aside from him without loss. He commanded where he spoke, and made his judges angry and pleased, at... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1834 - 784 pages
...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...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... | |
| Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - Law - 1827 - 528 pages
...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...his own graces. His hearers could not cough, or look aside from him without loss. He commanded where he spoke; and had his judges angry and pleased at his... | |
| Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1827 - 558 pages
...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...his own graces. His hearers could not cough, or look aside from him without loss. He commanded where he spoke; and had his judges angry and pleased at his... | |
| Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 510 pages
...There happened," says he, " in my time, 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... | |
| Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 518 pages
...There happened," says he, " in my time, 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... | |
| Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 518 pages
...There happened," says he, " in my time, one noble speaker, who was full of gravity in his speaking. No man ever spoke more neatly, more pressly, more...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... | |
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