 | William Wirt - Virginia - 1813 - 204 pages
..."composition of the sentence, and the sweet fall"ings of the clauses, and the varying and illui"tration of their works with tropes and figures, " than after the weight of matter, worth of sub"jeet, soundness of argument, life of invention, "or depth of judgment." Mr. "s temper and habits... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1815 - 324 pages
...composition, sweet cadence of periods, the use of tropes and figures ; than after weight of matter, dignity of subject, soundness of argument, life of invention, or depth of judgment. Then grew into esteem, the flowing and watry vein of Osorius, the Portugal bishop ; then did Sturmius bestow... | |
 | Ben Jonson, William Gifford - Dramatists, English - 1816 - 464 pages
...composition of sentence, sweet falling of the clause, varying an illustration by tropes and figures, weight of matter, worth of subject, soundness of argument, life of invention, and depth of judgment. This is monte potiri, to get the hill ; for no perfect discovery can be made... | |
 | William Wirt - Virginia - 1829 - 250 pages
...the fulness of " the Ciceronean manner; and hence the still " prevalent errour of hunting more after "words than matter; and more after the " choiceness...clean composition of the sentence, and the "sweet fallings of the clauses, and the vary" ing and illustration of their works with "tropes and figures,... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 648 pages
...speech, which then began to flourish. This grew speedily to an excess ; for men began to hunt more after words than matter ; and more after the choiceness...invention, or depth of judgment. Then grew the flowing and watry vein of Osorius, the Portugal bishop, to be in price. Then did Stursius spend such infinite and... | |
 | Natural history - 1819 - 556 pages
...contemptible, than " the hunting after " words more than matter," as Lord Bacou expresses it, the " seeking more after the choiceness of the phrase, and " the...sweet falling of the clauses, and the varying and il" lustration of their works with tropes and figures, than " after the weight of matter, worth of... | |
 | Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society - Science - 1819 - 598 pages
...contemptible, than " the hunting after " words more than matter," as Lord Bacon expresses it, the " seeking more after the choiceness of the phrase, and " the...sweet falling of the clauses, and the varying and il" lustration of their works with tropes and figures, than, " after the weight of matter, worth of... | |
 | England - 1821 - 818 pages
...birth of time, and unbent by misfortune, and undejected by disgrace, illuminating philosophy " with all the weight of matter, worth of subject, soundness of argument, life of invention, and depth of judgment." We can see Selden amidst bulls, bre\ kits, antiphoners, and monkish manuscripts,... | |
 | Scotland - 1821 - 618 pages
...birth of time, and unbent by misfortune, and undetected by disgrace, illuminating philosophy " with all the weight of matter, worth of subject, soundness of argument, life of invention, and depth of judgment." We can see Selden amidst bulls, breviats, antiphoners, and monkish manuscripts,... | |
 | Richard Baxter - 1830 - 852 pages
...learning which Bacon so beautifully describes,, as consisting " more in hunting after words than matter; more after the choiceness of the phrase, and the round...falling of the clauses, and the varying and illustration with tropes and figures, than after the weight • of matter, worth of subject, soundness of argument,... | |
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This grew speedily to an excess ; for men began to hunt more after words than matter ; and more after the choiceness of the phrase, and the round and clean composition of the sentence, and the sweet falling of the clauses, and the varying and illustration... 
