 No man ever spoke more neatly, more pressly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness, in what he uttered. No member of his speech but consisted of his own graces. His hearers could not cough or look aside from him without loss. He commanded...  The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England - Stran cxcvavtor: Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1834Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | ...speaks of the eloquence of lord Bacon: " There happened in my time one noble speaker (lord Verulam) who was full of gravity in his speaking. His language,...nobly censorious. No man ever spake more neatly, more prestly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness in what he uttered. No member of... | |
 | 1813
...speaks of the eloquence of lord Bacon; " There happened in my time one noble speaker (lord Verulam) who was full of gravity in his speaking. His language,...nobly censorious. No man ever spake more neatly, more prestly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness in what he uttered. No member of... | |
 | 1801
...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 in what he uttered. No mem* her of his speech but consisted of his own graces. His hearers could not cough or look aside from... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1806
...Dominus Verulamus, who was full of gravity in his speaking. His language (where he could spare or passe by a jest) was nobly censorious; no man ever spake...neatly, more pressly, more weightily, or suffered less emptinesse, lesse idleness in what he utter'd. His hearers could not cough, or looke aside from him,... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1806
...rhetorical powers is cited by Aubrey : " There happened in my time one noble speaker, Dominus Verulamus, who was full of gravity in his speaking. His language (where he could spare or passe by a jest) was nobly censorious; no man ever spake more neatly, more pressly, more weightily,... | |
 | John Britton - 1808
...as -if the court had beene there, so nobly did he live. His language, where he could spare or passe by a jest, was nobly censorious : no man ever spake more neatly, more presly, more weightily, or suffered lesse cmptinese, Icsse idelness, in what he uttered. His bearers... | |
 | Ben Jonson, William Gifford - 1816
...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....was nobly censorious. No man ever spake more neatly, morepressly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness, in what he uttered. No member... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1818 - 290 strani
...Contemporary, in hit " Discoveries," p. 101, Sfc. I HERE happened in my time, one noble Speaker, [Lord Verulam] who was full of gravity in his speaking. His language...nobly censorious. No man ever spake more neatly, more expressly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness, in what he uttered. No member... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1818
...Contemporary, in his " Discoveries," p. 101, fyc. L HERE happened in my time, one noble Speaker, [Lord Verulam] who was full of gravity in his speaking. His language...nobly censorious. No man ever spake more neatly, more expressly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness, in what he uttered. No member... | |
 | 1821
...described in the words of Ben Jonson, who, when speaking of Bacon's eloquence in parliament, says, " No man ever spake more neatly, more pressly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idlenesse in what he uttered. My conceit of his person was never increased toward him by his place... | |
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