 | Thomas Babington baron Macaulay - 1866 - 734 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.... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1866 - 758 pages
...weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness, in what he uttered./' No member of his speech bn* consisted of his own graces. His hearers could not...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.... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1867 - 370 pages
...commanded where he spoke, and had his judges angry and pleased at his devotion [that is, at his will]. No man had their affections more in his power. The...man that heard him was, lest he should make an end." He was called to the outer bar in 1586, when he was yet but twenty-five, and soon afterwards was admitted... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1867 - 440 pages
...debater. In the language of Ben Jonson, " No man ever spoke more neatly, more pressly, more weightily. The fear of every man that heard him was lest he should make an end." Here he made a strong speech on the popular side in opposition to the court, which brought down upon... | |
 | Charles Cowden Clarke - 1869 - 406 pages
...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...that heard him, was, lest he should make an end.' But even should William's rank in life never reach higher than the honourable and enviable career of... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1871 - 732 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.... | |
 | 1872 - 556 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... | |
 | 1872 - 612 pages
...man had their affections more in his power. The fear of every man that heard him was lest he sltould make an end.' Clarendon's pages teem with proof that...marked by debating ability of the highest order. The occasion was grand : Pym, Hampden, Hollis, Digby, Capel, Hyde, Falkland, rose to it. Strafford's defence... | |
 | John Seely Hart - 1872 - 654 pages
...bad his judges angry or plmsed at hie devotion. No man had their affections more in his power. Th» fear of every man that heard him was lest he should make an end." Bacon's principal patron, during this part of his career, was the Earl of Essex. On the downfall of... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1873 - 728 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.... | |
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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... 
