 | William Lawson (F.R.G.S.) - 1875 - 272 σελίδες
...hearers could not cough, or look aside from him, without loss. He commanded where he spoke, and Lad his judges angry and pleased at his devotion. No man...man that heard him, was lest he should make an end. ' On the promotion of Sir Edward Coke to be attorneygeneral, in 1594, Bacon became a candidate for... | |
 | John Richard Green - 1875 - 912 σελίδες
...member of the House of Commons, and his judgment and eloquence at once brought him to the front. " The fear of every man that heard him was lest he should make an end," Ben Jonson tells us. The steady growth of his reputation was quickened by the appearance of his " Essays,"... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1876 - 768 σελίδες
...or 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...man that heard him was lest he should make an end." From the mention which is made of judges, it would seem that Jonson had heard Bacon only at the Bar.... | |
 | Henry Kiddle, Alexander Jacob Schem - 1876 - 900 σελίδες
...orator, he was much commended by his contemporaries. Ben Jonson said that while he was speaking, " the fear of every man that heard him was lest he should make an end." The earl of Essex had been his friend and benefactor ; but when that rash and unfortunate nobleman... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1877 - 464 σελίδες
...to he 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,...man that heard him was, lest he should make an end. De Augmentis Scientiarwm?—Julius Ccesar.—Lord St All1an.—I have ever observed it to have been... | |
 | Abraham Hayward - 1878 - 482 σελίδες
...speaking. His language, when he could spare or pass by a jest, was nobly censorious. No man ever spoke more neatly, more pressly, more weightily, or suffered...man that heard him was lest he should make an end.' Clarendon's pages teem with proof that the period included in his history was marked by debating ability... | |
 | Homer Baxter Sprague - 1874 - 462 σελίδες
...look aside from him without loss. He commanded when he spoke, and had his judges angry and pleased »t his devotion. No man had their affections more In...man that heard him was lest he should make an end." Two great parties at court sought power and royal favor ; one was headed by Bacon's uncle and cousin,... | |
 | John Richard Green - 1878 - 524 σελίδες
...member of the House of Commons, and his judgement and eloquence at once brought him to the front. " The fear of every man that heard him was lest he should make an end," Ben Jonson tells us. The steady growth of his reputation was quickened in 1597 by the appearance of... | |
 | Albert Franklin Blaisdell - 1878 - 214 σελίδες
...emptiness, less idleness in what he uttered. No member of his speech but consisted of his own graces. The fear of every man that heard him was, lest he should make an end." — Ben Jonson. I. — Editions and References. 1. Hudson's Text-Book of Prose. Contains twenty-eight... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw - 1879 - 448 σελίδες
...weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness in what he uttered. No member of his speech hut consisted of his own graces. His hearers could not...that heard him was lest he should make an end."— Sen Joneon, referring to Bacon. honest compliment to the Queen, until old age, when he surrendered... | |
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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,... 
