 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...  English Prose (1137-1890) - Σελίδα 95επεξεργασία από - 1909 - 544 σελίδεςΠλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | Francis Bacon - 1838 - 898 σελίδες
...No member of his speech, but consisted of its own graces. His hearers could not cough or look aside without loss. He commanded where he spoke, and had...man that heard him was, lest he should make an end." We are now to contemplate Bacon in the civil character which he sustained, as a lawyer. He was compelled... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1840 - 516 σελίδες
...he could spare or pass by a jest, was nobly censorious. No man ever spoke more neatly, more pressly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness,...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.... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 520 σελίδες
...he could spare or pass by a jest, was nobly censorious. No man ever spoke more neatly, more pressly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness,...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.... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1844 - 610 σελίδες
...censorious. No man ever spake more neatly, more prcssly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, leas Idleness, in what he uttered. No member of his speech...man that heard him was lest he should make an end. 2 Take for instance any of the Nervous Aphorisms, in the Novum Organum, and compare it with the sentences... | |
 | 1855 - 602 σελίδες
...censorious. No man ever spoke more neatly, more pressly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, leas idleness, in what he uttered. No member of his speech,...affections more in his power. The fear of every man who heard him was lest he should make an end." In politics, however, he made a perilous attempt to... | |
 | 1849 - 600 σελίδες
...or pass by a jest, was nobly censorious (censor-like) ; no man ever spake more neatly, more pressly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness,...angry and pleased at his devotion. No man had their afl'ections more in his power. The fear of every man that heard him was, lest he should make an end."f... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1844 - 610 σελίδες
...consisted of his own graces. Ilia hearerscould not cough, or look aside from him without loss. lie commanded where he spoke ; and had his judges angry...man that heard him was lest he should make an end. 3 Tafcf for instance any of the Nervom Aphorisms, in the Novum Organum, and compare it with the sentences... | |
 | 1872 - 862 σελίδες
...idleness, in what he uttered. No member of his speech but consisted of his own graces. His bearers could not cough or look aside from him without loss....their affections more in his power. The fear of every тал that heard him was lett He thovld made an end." Clarendon's pages teem with proof that the period... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1845 - 672 σελίδες
...he could spare or pass by a jest, was nobly censorious. No man ever spoke more neatly, more pressly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness,...affections more in his power. The fear of every man who heard him was lest he should make an end."* So intoxicated was Bacon with the success of his first... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 226 σελίδες
...pass by a jest, was nobly censorious [censorlike]. .No man ever spake_jnore neatly, more pressly, \ more .weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less...every man that heard him was lest he should make an end."f In 1592, also, appeared Bacon's first publication, as far as is known : ' Certain Observations... | |
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