 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
 | George Henry Jennings - 1880 - 842 pages
...but consisted of his own graces. His hearers could not cough or look aside from him without loss. Ho commanded where he spoke, and had his judges angry...man that heard him was lest he should make an end." SIE EDWAED COKE. (1549—1634.) Compliments from the Chair. — Coke, having been elected Speaker of... | |
 | William Thomson - 1880 - 382 pages
...consisted of his own graces. His hearers could not cough, or look aside from him, 1 without loss. He commanded where he spoke, and had his judges angry...man that heard him was lest he should make an end." It would read almost like a paraphrase on these words to repeat after them the description of a character... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay (baron [essays]) - 1881 - 386 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...would seem that Jonson had heard Bacon only at the liar. Indeed we imagine that the House of Commons was then almost inaccessible to strangers. It is... | |
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - 1882 - 558 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...man that heard him was lest he should make an end.' Like Shakespeare and the rest, he grasped objects, not fractionally, but organized and complete. Like... | |
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - 1882 - 1108 pages
...consisied of his own graces. His hearers could not cough or look aside from him without loss. He commiiudcd where he spoke, and had his judges angry and pleased...his power. The fear of every man that heard him was Icet he should make an end/ Like Shakespeare and the rest, he grasped objects, not fractionally, but... | |
 | James Thomson - 1896 - 502 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...man that heard him was lest he should make an end." And finally, after naming Lord Chancellor Egerton : " But his learned and able (though unfortunate)... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1897 - 726 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...would seem that Jonson had heard Bacon only at the Bar. Indeed we imagine that the House of Commons was then almost inaccessible to strangers. It is not... | |
 | Truman Jay Backus - 1897 - 508 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...man that heard him was lest he should make an end." — Ben Jonaon, referring to Bacon. a feeble and dissembling king procured him no security, and his... | |
 | Bertha Marian Skeat - 1897 - 676 pages
...hearers could not coiigh or look aside from bim without loss. He commanded where he spoke, and had bis judges angry and pleased at his devotion. No man had...his power. The fear of every man that heard him was tbat he sbould make an end". At tlie very outset of his parliamentary career Bacon acquired considerable... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1898 - 700 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...would seem that Jonson had heard Bacon only at the Bar. Indeed we imagine that the House of Commons was then almost inaccessible to strangers. It is not... | |
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