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... The Oxford Book of English Prose - Trang 164bởi Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch - 1925 - 1092 trangXem Toàn bộ - Giới thiệu về cuốn sách này
| Andrew Amos - 1846 - 598 trang
...cough or look aside from him without loss. He commanded where he spake; and had his judges angry or pleased at his devotion. No man had their affections more in his power. The fear of every man who had heard him was, least he should make an end*." * Ben Jonson's "Discoveries.''—In the same... | |
| Half hours - 1847 - 614 trang
...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...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... | |
| Charles Knight - 1848 - 428 trang
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| Elias Lyman Magoon - 1848 - 492 trang
...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...man that heard him was lest he should make an end." The patriotism of Samuel Adams was undoubted, and his personal worth was of the most exalted character.... | |
| Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1848 - 594 trang
...its own graces. His hearers oould not cough or look aside from him without loss : he commanded when he spoke, and had his judges angry and pleased at...man that heard him was lest he should make an end." It would have been fortunate for society if this, check had impressed upon his mind the vanity of attempting... | |
| Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1848 - 654 trang
...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...his judges angry and pleased at his devotion. No man bad their affections more in his power. The fear of every man that heard him was lest he should make... | |
| 1849 - 602 trang
...less emptiness, less idleness, in what he uttered. No member of his speech but consisted of his own lowered my small talents with a vengeance, and cooled...day less solicitous to please me. Therefore I keep end."f * Milton — Account of big own studies. t Beu Jonson's Works by Giflard, iz. 1S4. 230 LORD... | |
| Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1849 - 688 trang
...not cough or look aside from him without loss. He commanded * Milton— Account of his own studies. where he spoke, and had his judges angry and pleased...man that heard him was, lest he should make an end." • There is no doubt that the evening of Bacon's life was greatly embittered by pecuniary embarrassments.... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1850 - 338 trang
...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...man that heard him was lest he should make an end." From the mention which is made of judges, it would seem that Johnson had heard Bacon only at the Bar.... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1850 - 590 trang
...less emptiness, less idleness, in what he uttered. No member of his speech but consisted of his own As a Patron, he considered preferment a sacred trust, to preserve and promote high feeling, encourage... | |
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