 | George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - 1873 - 836 strani
...always in after life remember. Ben Jonson compliments his parliamentary eloquence highly, alleging that "no man ever spake more neatly, more pressly, more...or suffered less emptiness, less idleness in what ho uttered ; no member of his speech but consisted of its own graces. His hearers could not cough or... | |
 | Homer Baxter Sprague - 1874 - 474 strani
...an orator he received the commendation of old Ben Jonson, who says, " There happened in my time one noble speaker, who was full of gravity in his speaking....pass by a jest, was nobly censorious. No man ever si>:ike more neatly, more prcssly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness in what... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1874 - 672 strani
...impression took " — may as truly be said of Bacon. "What Ben Jonson said of him as a speaker — " no man ever spake more neatly, more pressly, more...less emptiness, less idleness, in what he uttered" — is quite as true of him as a writer. And besides all this he had that mysterious gift to which... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1874 - 676 strani
...deep impression took "— may as truly be said of Bncon. "What Ben Jonson said of him as a speaker—" no man ever spake more neatly, more pressly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness,inwhat he uttered" —is quite as true of him as a writer. And besides all this he had that... | |
 | Abraham Hayward - 1874 - 484 strani
...recognised by his contemporaries. Ben Jonson writes thus of Bacon : ' There happened in my time one noble speaker who was full of gravity in his speaking. His language, when he could spare or pass by a jest, was nobly censorious. No man ever spoke more neatly, more pressly,... | |
 | Michael Walsh - 1875 - 98 strani
...Jonson, an eye and ear witness, describes Bacon's eloquence as follows: „There happened in my time one noble speaker who was full of gravity in his speaking....pass by a jest, was nobly censorious. No man ever spoke more neatly, more pressly, more weightily, 6) Works, Lett. Temp. Eliz. No. 7. or suffered less... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1875 - 876 strani
...he could spare or pass by a jest, was nobly censorious. No man ever spoke more neatly, more prcssly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness, in what he uttered. No member of his speech bnt his profession. He bore, with a patience ] consisted of his own graces. His and serenity which,... | |
 | William Lawson (F.R.G.S.) - 1875 - 272 strani
...1585, and soon distinguished himself in debate. Ben Jonson, speaking of his power as an orator, says, "No man ever spake more neatly, more pressly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, or less idleness, in what he uttered. No member of his speech but consisted of his own graces. His... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1876 - 768 strani
...in words, which, though often quoted, will bear to be quoted again. " There happened in my time one noble speaker who was full of gravity in his speaking....pass by a jest, was nobly censorious. No man ever spoke more neatly, more pressly, more weighty, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness, in what he... | |
 | William Mathews - 1876 - 322 strani
...aphorisms. Ben Jonson, a severe judge, who was chary of his praise, tells us that "no man ever spoke more neatly, more pressly, more weightily, or suffered...less emptiness, less idleness, in what he uttered. His hearers could not cough, or look aside from him, without loss. The fear of every man who heard... | |
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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... 
