 Neither from my person or nature doth this choice arise ; for he that supplieth this place ought to be a man big and comely, stately and wellspoken, his voice great, his carriage majestical, his nature haughty, and his purse plentiful...  Parliamentary Papers - Seite 54von Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons - 1853Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | James Wilson - 1804 - 514 Seiten
...my person nor nature doth this choice arise : for he that supplieth this place ought to be a man big and comely, stately and well spoken, his voice great, his carriage majestical, his nature haughty. But, contrarily, the stature of my body is small, myself not so well spoken, my voice low, my carriage... | |
 | Antoine-François marquis de Bertrand de Moleville, Antoine-François Bertrand-de-Molleville - 1812 - 502 Seiten
...delivered a speech as usual, to urge his own incapacity. " Your speaker," said he, " ought to be a man big and comely, stately and well spoken ; his voice great,...But, contrarily, the stature of my body is small, my voice low, myself not so well spoken, my carriage lawyer-like, and of the com- ' mon fashion; my... | |
 | Antoine-François marquis de Bertrand de Moleville, Antoine-François Bertrand-de-Molleville - 1812 - 502 Seiten
...delivered a speech as usual, to urge his own incapacity. " Your speaker," said he, " ought to be a man big and comely, stately and well spoken ; his voice great,...But, contrarily, the stature of my body is small, my voice low, myself not so well spoken, my carriage lawyer-like, and of the common fashion ; my nature... | |
 | Edward Wedlake Brayley - 1829 - 442 Seiten
...159f. 1 " Your speaker," said Yelverton, "ought to be a man big and comely, stately and well-spoken ; his voice great, his carriage majestical; his nature...contrarily, the stature of my body is small, myself not so well-spoken, my voice low, my carriage lawyer-like, and of the common fashion; my nature soft and bashful,... | |
 | Edward Wedlake Brayley - 1829 - 442 Seiten
...1597. " Your speaker," said Yelverton, "ought to be a man big and comely, stately and well-spoken ; his voice great, his carriage majestical; his nature...contrarily, the stature of my body is small, myself not so well-spoken, my voice low, my carriage lawyer-like, and of the common fashion ; my nature soft and... | |
 | Edward Wedlake Brayley - 1829 - 442 Seiten
...speaker," said Yelverton, "ought to be a man big and comely, stately and well-spoken ; his voice great, bis carriage majestical; his nature haughty, and his purse...contrarily, the stature of my body is small, myself not so well-spoken, my voice low, my carriage lawyer-like, and of the common fashion; my nature soft and bashful,... | |
 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1838 - 746 Seiten
...big and comely, — stately 'and well spoken ; his voice great, his courage majestical, his na' ture haughty, and his purse plentiful and heavy : but contrarily>...myself not so well spoken, my ' voice low, my carriage of the common fashion, my nature soft ' and bashful, my purse thin, light, and never yet plentiful.'... | |
 | William Jones - 1838 - 696 Seiten
...this place ought to be a man big and comely, stately and well-spoken ; his voice great, his courage majestical, his nature haughty, and his purse plentiful...contrarily, the stature of my body is small, myself not so well-spoken, my voice low, my carriage lawyer-like, and of the common fashion, my nature soft and bashful,... | |
 | Miscellaneous extracts - 1839 - 390 Seiten
...this place ought to be a man big and comely, stately and well-spoken ; his voice great, his courage majestical, his nature haughty, and his purse plentiful...spoken, my voice low, my carriage lawyer-like and of common-fashion, my nature soft and bashful, my purse thin, light, and never yet plentiful." His idea... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1845 - 672 Seiten
...stately and well spoken, his voice great, his courage majestical, his nature haughty, and his purse heavy : but contrarily, the stature of my body is small, myself not so well-spoken, my voice low, my carriage lawyer-like and of the common fashion, my nature soft and bashful,... | |
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