 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,...  New-Shakespeareana - Pagina 461910Visualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
 | Sir Philip Sidney - 1787 - 158 pagine
...imitated alone : for no imitator, evergrew up to his author; likenefs is always orT*truTfille.truth. Yet there happened in my time one noble Speaker, who was full of gravity in his fpeaking. His language (where he could fpare, or pafs by a jeft) was nobly cenfoiious. No man ever... | |
 | 1813 - 706 pagine
...speaks of the eloquence of lord Bacon; " There happened in my time one noble speaker (lord Verulam) who was full of gravity in his speaking. His language,...pass by a jest, was nobly censorious. No man ever spake more neatly, more prestly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness in what... | |
 | 700 pagine
...speaks of the eloquence of lord Bacon: " There happened in my time one noble speaker (lord Verulam) who was full of gravity in his speaking. His language,...pass by a jest, was nobly censorious. No man ever spake more neatly, more prestly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness in what... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1806 - 490 pagine
...rhetorical powers is cited by Aubrey : " There happened in my time one noble speaker, Dominus Verulamus, who was full of gravity in his speaking. His language (where he could spare or passe by a jest) was nobly censorious; no man ever spake more neatly, more pressly, more weightily,... | |
 | Ben Jonson, William Gifford - 1816 - 464 pagine
...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, who was...pass by a jest) was nobly censorious. No man ever spake more neatly, morepressly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness, in what... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1818 - 312 pagine
...Contemporary, in hit " Discoveries," p. 101, Sfc. I HERE happened in my time, one noble Speaker, [Lord Verulam] who was full of gravity in his speaking. His language...pass by a jest) was nobly censorious. No man ever spake more neatly, more expressly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness, in what... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1818 - 310 pagine
...Contemporary, in his " Discoveries," p. 101, fyc. L HERE happened in my time, one noble Speaker, [Lord Verulam] who was full of gravity in his speaking. His language...pass by a jest) was nobly censorious. No man ever spake more neatly, more expressly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness, in what... | |
 | Reuben Percy - 1823 - 432 pagine
...always on this side of truth. Yet there happened in my time, one noble speaker (Lord Chancellor Bacon) who was full of gravity in his speaking. His language...spare or pass by a jest) was nobly censorious. No man more neatly, more priestly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness, in what he uttered.... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1834 - 784 pagine
...opposite characters, viz. of a witty and a weighty speaker.* Ben Jonson says nearly the same of Lord Bacon. There happened in my time one noble speaker,...pass by a jest) was nobly censorious. No man ever spake more neatly, more pressly, more weightily, or * Peacham 's Compleat Gentleman, p. 43. suffered... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1827 - 558 pagine
...alone ; for no imitator ever grew up to his author : likeness is always on this side of truth ; yet there happened in my time one noble speaker, who was...pass by a jest) was nobly censorious. No man ever spake more neatly, more pressly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness in what... | |
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