 | Francis Bacon - 1841 - 612 pages
...lose, lie commanded where he spoke ; and had his judges angry and pleased at his devotion. No man bad their affections more in his power. The fear of every...man that heard him was lest he should make an end. 3 Take for Instance any of the Nervous Aphorisme, in the Novum Organum, and compare it with the sentences... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1841 - 624 pages
...spoke ; and had his judges angry and pleased at his devotion. No man had their aifections more in hie power. The fear of every 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... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 520 pages
...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....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 pages
...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... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1844 - 610 pages
...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 pages
...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 included in hie history was marked by debating ability of the highest order. The occasion was grand : Рут, Hampden,... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 614 pages
...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...man that heard him was, lest he should make an end. My conceit of his person was never increased toward him by his place, or honours, but I have and do... | |
 | Elias Lyman Magoon - 1848 - 498 pages
...Adams. " There happened in my time one noble speaker who was full of gravity in his speech. His language was nobly censorious. No man ever spoke more neatly,...man that heard him was lest he should make an end." The patriotism of Samuel Adams was undoubted, and his personal worth was of the most exalted character.... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1848 - 594 pages
...its own graces. His hearers oould not cough or look aside from him without loss : he commanded when he spoke, and had his judges angry and pleased at...man that heard him was lest he should make an end." It would have been fortunate for society if this, check had impressed upon his mind the vanity of attempting... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1848 - 654 pages
...loss. He commanded where he spoke ; and had his judges angry and pleased at his devotion. No man bad their affections more in his power. The fear of every...man that heard him was lest he should make an end. J TaM for instance any of the Nervous Aphorisms, in the Novum Organum, and compare it with the sentences... | |
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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... 
