 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 Dugald Stewart: Dissertation exhibiting a general view of the ... - Σελίδα 445των Dugald Stewart - 1829Πλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | Sir Philip Sidney - 1787 - 158 σελίδες
...no imitator, evergrew up to his author; likenefs is always orT*truTfille.truth. Yet there happened in my time one noble Speaker, who was full of gravity in his fpeaking. His language (where he could fpare, or pafs by a jeft) was nobly cenfoiious. No man ever... | |
 | Joseph Dennie, John Elihu Hall - 1801 - 674 σελίδες
...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... | |
 | Ben Jonson, William Gifford - 1816 - 464 σελίδες
...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 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... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1834 - 784 σελίδες
...viz. of a witty and a weighty speaker.* Ben Jonson says nearly the same of Lord Bacon. 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... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1827 - 558 σελίδες
...imitator ever grew up to his author : likeness is always on this side of truth ; 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... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1827 - 528 σελίδες
...imitator ever grew up to his author : likeness is always on this side of truth ; 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... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 518 σελίδες
...whom the transeendent genius ol Bacon appears tovfrave becn justly appreciated ; and the only one 1 know of, who has transmitted any idea of his forensic...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... | |
 | Edward Robinson - 1848 - 590 σελίδες
...specimen of oratory, let us take the oratory of Lord Bacon, as described by Ben Jonson : " There happened in my time one noble speaker who was full of gravity...No man ever spoke more neatly, more pressly, more mightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness, in what he uttered. No member of his speech but... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1834 - 458 σελίδες
...according to his friend, Ben Jonson, who thus speaks of his parliamentary eloquence : " 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,... | |
 | Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - 1835 - 564 σελίδες
...discrimination and its raciness give weight to the opinion which it expresses : • 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, nobly censorious. No man ever spake more neatly,... | |
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