 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...  Critical and historical essays - Page 351by Thomas Babington Macaulay (baron [essays]) - 1883Full view - About this book
 | Francis Bacon - 1854 - 894 pages
...speech, but consisted of its own graces. His hearers could not cough or look aside without loss. He them, and profit themselves : and for either respect...thereof a depraved thing. It is the wisdom of rats, that We are now to contemplate Bacon in the civil character which he sustained, as a lawyer. He was compelled... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1855 - 588 pages
...but consisted of his own graces. His hearers could not cough or look aside from him without loss. He commanded where he spoke., and had his judges angry...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... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1856 - 800 pages
...consisted of his own graces. His hearers could not cough, or look aside from him, without loss. He commanded where he spoke; and had his judges angry...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 honors, but I have and do reverence... | |
 | Half hours - 1856 - 358 pages
...own graces. His hearers could not cough, or look aside from him, without loss. He commanded where ho spoke ; and had his judges angry and pleased at his...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... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1856 - 770 pages
...»-here he spoke, and had his judges angry and pleased at his devotion. No man had fheir afl'ections more in his power. The fear of every man that heard...should make an end." From the mention which is made of /Wire», it would seem that Jonson had heard Bacon only at the bar. Indeed, we imagine that the House... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1848 - 786 pages
...consisted of his own graces. His hearers could not cough, or look aside from him, without loss. He commanded where he spoke ; and had his judges angry...man that heard him was, lest he should make an end. \flr .-lltli'nii r*f L1L- ,1,,,-L-fi« «.«« ««*.**. iv.nvnnnn/1 *~.. .....i 1.1.,. k«. UI „... | |
 | Hugh James Rose - 1857 - 562 pages
...its own graces. His hearers could not cough, or look aside from him without loss : he commanded when he spoke, and had his judges angry and pleased at...of every man that heard him was lest he should make an«nd." (Ducoveries.) In the letter which he addressed to the king, 12th Feb. 1615, (Works, vol. xii.... | |
 | John Campbell (1st baron.) - 1857 - 426 pages
...but consisted of his own graces. His hearers could not cough or look aside from him without loss. He commanded where he spoke, and had his Judges angry...affections more in his power. The fear of every man who heard him was lest he should make an end." b So intoxicated was Bacon with the success of his first... | |
 | John Leifchild - 1857 - 110 pages
...own B graces. His hearers could not cough, nor look aside from him without loss. He commanded when he spoke, and had his judges angry and pleased at...their affections more in his power. The fear of every one that heard him was that he should make an end." The very circumstance of its being considered too... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1858 - 780 pages
...He commanded where he spoke, and had his judges angry and pleased at his devotion. No man had fheir t who should affect that metaphysical accuracy for...there was another extreme, which, though far less bar. Indeed, we imagine that the House of Commons was then almost inaccessible to strangers. It is... | |
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