His hearers could not cough or look aside from him without loss. He commanded where he spoke, and had his judges angry and pleased at his devotion. No man had their affections more in his power. The fear of every man that heard him was lest he should... Timber: Or, Discoveries Made Upon Men and Matter - Page 30by Ben Jonson - 1892 - 166 pagesFull view - About this book
| 700 pages
...censorious. No man ever spake more neatly, more prestly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness in what he uttered. No member of his speech...commanded where he spoke; and had his judges angry or pleased at his devotion. The fear of every one that heard him was, lest he should make an end."... | |
| Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1813 - 706 pages
...censorious. No man ever spake more neatly, more prestly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness in what he uttered. No member of his speech...commanded where he spoke; and had his judges angry or pleased at his devotion. The fear of every one that heard him was, lest he should make an end."... | |
| Joseph Dennie, John Elihu Hall - Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1801 - 674 pages
...prestly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness. less idleness in what he uttered. No mem* her of his speech but consisted of his own graces. His...commanded where he spoke; and had his judges angry or pleased at his devotion. The fear of every one that heard him was, lest he should make an end."... | |
| Horace Walpole - English literature - 1806 - 430 pages
...lesse idleness in what he uttcr'd. His hearers could not cough, or looke aside from him, without losse. He commanded where he spoke, and had his judges angry...pleased at his devotion : no man had their affections more in his power. The feare of every man that heard him was, lest he should make an end8." This character... | |
| John Britton - Architecture - 1808 - 882 pages
...Icsse idelness, in what he uttered. His bearers could not cough, or looke aside from him without losse. He commanded where he spoke, and had his judges angry...pleased at his devotion : no man had their affections more in his power. The feare of every man that hearde him was, lest he should make an end." Another... | |
| John Britton - Architecture - 1808 - 896 pages
...hearers could not rough, or looke aside from him without losse. He commanded where he spoke, and Lad his judges angry and pleased at his devotion : no man had their affections more in his power. The fearc of every man that hcarde him was, lest he should make an-- end." Another... | |
| Ben Jonson, William Gifford - Dramatists, English - 1816 - 464 pages
...censorious. No man ever spake more neatly, morepressly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness, in what he uttered. No member of his speech,...pleased at his devotion. No man had their affections more in his power. The fear of every man that heard him was, lest he should make an end. Scriptorum... | |
| Francis Bacon - Conduct of life - 1818 - 312 pages
...suffered less emptiness, less idleness, in what he uttered. No member of his speech bat consisted of the own graces. His hearers could not cough or look aside...pleased at his devotion. No man had their affections more in his power. The fear of every man that heard him, was, lest he should make an end. Lord Egerton,... | |
| Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1818 - 310 pages
...censorious. No man ever spake more neatly, more expressly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness, in what he uttered. No member of his speech but consisted of the own graces. His hearers could not cough or look aside from him without loss. He commanded, where... | |
| Reuben Percy - Autographs - 1823 - 442 pages
...nobly censorious. No man more neatly, more priestly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness, in what he uttered. No member of his speech...him without loss. He commanded where he spoke, and made his judges angry and pleased, at his devotion. No man had their affections more in his power.... | |
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