 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,...  The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England - Page xxiiiby Francis Bacon - 1850Full view - About this book
 | Michael Walsh - 1875 - 98 pages
...parliamentary tactician. Ben Jonson, an eye and ear witness, describes Bacon's eloquence as follows: „There happened in my time one noble speaker who...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... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1876 - 768 pages
...has decribed Bacon's eloquence in words, which, though often quoted, will bear to be quoted again. " There happened in my time one noble speaker who was...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... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1877 - 464 pages
...imitated alone : for no imitator ever grew up to his author ; likeness is always on this side truth. Yet there happened in my time one noble speaker, who was...spake more neatly, more pressly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness, in what he uttered. No member of his speech but consisted of... | |
 | Law - 1877 - 510 pages
...memorable words on the wonderful power of Lord Bacon, for they are all applicable to Mr. Choate : " There happened in my time one noble speaker, who was...pass by a jest) was nobly censorious. No man ever spoke more neatly, more pressly, more weightily, or suffered less idleness, in what he uttered. No... | |
 | Law - 1877 - 510 pages
...Jonson's memorable words on the wonderful power of Lord Bacon, for they are all applicable to Mr. Choate: "There happened in my time one noble speaker, who...pass by a jest) was nobly censorious. No man ever spoke more neatly, more pressly, more weightily, or suffered less idleness, in what he uttered. No... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English essays - 1877 - 898 pages
...words, which, though often quoted, .will bear to be quoted again. " There happened in my time one noblo speaker who was full of gravity in his speaking. His...pass by a jest, was nobly censorious. No man ever spoke more neatly, more pressly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness, in what... | |
 | Homer Baxter Sprague - English literature - 1874 - 462 pages
...this. Bacon was more cautious. As an orator he received the commendation of old Ben Jonson, who says, "There happened in my time one noble speaker, who...spake more neatly, more pressly, more weightily, or Buffered less emptiness, less idleness in what he uttered. No member of his speech hut consisted of... | |
 | English literature - 1879 - 634 pages
...on the minds of his hearers. ' There happened in my time,' he writes. ' one noble speaker, who W.IK full of gravity in his speaking. His language (where...spake more neatly, more pressly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness, in what he uttered. No member of his speech but con* Speddiug,... | |
 | William Thomson - Authors, English - 1880 - 382 pages
...attempt to explain the blunder, " Csesar did never wrong but with just cause ;" but, of the other—" There happened in my time one noble speaker, who was...spake more neatly, more pressly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness, in what he uttered. No member of his speech but consisted of... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1880 - 668 pages
...has described Bacon's eloquence in words which, though often quoted, will bear to be quoted again. " There happened in my time one noble speaker who was...pass by a jest, was nobly censorious. No man ever spoke more neatly, more pressly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness, in what... | |
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