...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...uttered : no member of his speech but consisted of its own graces. His hearers could not cough or look aside from him without loss : he commanded when...

...to him the compliment passed by Ben Jonson on Lord Verulam : — " He commanded when he spoke ; he had his judges angry and pleased at his devotion. No man had their affections more in his power ; and the fear of every man that heard him was lest he should come to an end.1' In general politics,...

...suffered less emptiness, less idleness in what he uttered : no member of his speech but consisted of 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 his devotion. No man had their affections more...

...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...his power. The fear of every man that heard him was lesthe should make an end." As a Patron, he considered preferment a sacred trust, to preserve and promote...

...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...without loss. He commanded where he spoke, and had 221 his judges angry and pleased at his devotion. No man had their affections more in his power. The...

...jest, was nobly censorious. No man 'ever spoke more neatly, more pressly, more weightily, or suf' fered less emptiness, less idleness, in what he uttered....not cough or look aside from him without loss. He com' manded where he spoke, and had his judges angry and pleased at 'his devotion. No man had their...

...pass by a jest, was nobly censorious. No man ever spoke more neatly, more pressfy, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness, in what...his power. The fear of every 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...

...pass by a jest, was nobly censorious. No man ever spoke more neatly, more prcssly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness, in what...their affections more in his power. The fear of every mar» that heard him was lest lie should make an end." From the mention which is made of judges, it...

...No member of his speech, but consisted of its own graces. His hearers could not cough or look aside without loss. He commanded where he spoke, and had...power ; the fear of every man that heard him was, lest he should make an end." We are now to contemplate Bacon in the civil character which he sustained,...

...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...uttered. No member of his speech, but consisted of its own graces. His hearers could not cough or look aside without loss. He commanded where he spoke,...