 His hearers could not cough or look aside from him without loss. He commanded where he spoke, and had his judges angry and pleased at his devotion. No man had their affections more in his power. The fear of every man that heard him was lest he should...  Landmarks of English Literature - Page 75by Henry James Nicoll - 1889 - 460 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1813 - 706 pages
...censorious. No man ever spake more neatly, more prestly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness in what he uttered. No member of his...and had his judges angry or pleased at his devotion. The fear of every one that heard him was, lest he should make an end." This is certainly high praise;... | |
 | 700 pages
...censorious. No man ever spake more neatly, more prestly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness in what he uttered. No member of his...and had his judges angry or pleased at his devotion. The fear of every one that heard him was, lest he should make an end." This is certainly high praise;... | |
 | Joseph Dennie, John Elihu Hall - 1801 - 674 pages
...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...and had his judges angry or pleased at his devotion. The fear of every one that heard him was, lest he should make an end." This is certainly high praise;... | |
 | Ben Jonson, William Gifford - 1816 - 464 pages
...censorious. No man ever spake more neatly, morepressly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness, in what he uttered. No member of his...commanded where he spoke ; and had his judges angry and pleased at his devotion. No man had their affections more in his power. The fear of every man that... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1818 - 312 pages
...suffered less emptiness, less idleness, in what he uttered. No member of his speech bat consisted of the own graces. His hearers could not cough or look aside...commanded, where he spoke; and had his judges angry and pleased at his devotion. No man had their affections more in his power. The fear of every man that... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1818 - 310 pages
...censorious. No man ever spake more neatly, more expressly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness, in what he uttered. No member of his speech but consisted of the own graces. His hearers could not cough or look aside from him without loss. He commanded, where... | |
 | Reuben Percy - 1823 - 436 pages
...was nobly censorious. No man more neatly, more priestly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness, in what he uttered. No member of his...him without loss. He commanded where he spoke, and made his judges angry and E leased, at his devotion. No man had their affections more in is power.... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1834 - 784 pages
...neatly, more pressly, more weightily, or * Peacham 's Compleat Gentleman, p. 43. suffered less emptiness, less idleness, in what he uttered. No member of his speech but consisted of its own graces. His hearers could not cough, or look aside from him without loss. He commanded where... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1827 - 528 pages
...censorious. No man ever spake more neatly, more pressly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness in what he uttered No member of his...commanded where he spoke; and had his judges angry and pleased at his devotion. No man had their affections more in his power. The fear of every man that... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1827 - 558 pages
...censorious. No man ever spake more neatly, more pressly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness in what he uttered. No member of his...commanded where he spoke; and had his judges angry and pleased at his devotion. No man had their affections more in his power. The fear of every man that... | |
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