 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1861 - 422 Seiten
...eommanded where he spoke, and had his judges angry and pleased at hia devotion. No man had their affeetions more in his power. The fear of every man that heard him was lest he should make an end." From the mention whieh is made ofjudges, it would seem that Jonson had heard Baeon only at the bar.... | |
 | 1862 - 490 Seiten
...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...man that heard him was lest he should make an end." Nor does he seem to have been less wonderful as a table-talker. " His meals," says Dr. Rawley, " were... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1863 - 788 Seiten
...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...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 honors, but I have and do reverence... | |
 | Paul Jacquinet - 1863 - 160 Seiten
...look aside from him, without loss. <i He commanded where he spok ; and had his judges angry and « pleased at his devotion. No man had their affections more in his « power. » Ben Jonson, Discoveries ; Dominas Verutamius. quidem poetarum, sed minus obvium, oracula sapientiae... | |
 | James Phinney Baxter - 1915 - 790 Seiten
...cough, nor 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...every man that heard him was, lest he should make an end.2 Tobie Matthew, who knew him perhaps more intimately than any one of his friends, describes him... | |
 | Lisa Jardine - 1974 - 300 Seiten
...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' [I, 13-14]. 16 Dialectic and method in the sixteenth century The development of dialectic in the sixteenth... | |
 | Will Durant - 1965 - 736 Seiten
...His hearers could not cough or look aside from him without loss. He commanded where he spoke. . . . No man had their affections more in his power. The fear of every man that heard him was lest that he should make an end."15 Enviable orator! One powerful friend was generous to him — that handsome... | |
 | Catherine Drinker Bowen - 1993 - 294 Seiten
...at his best. When he rose to speak, the crowded benches were quiet. We have Ben Jonson's testimony: "The fear of every man that heard him was, lest he should make an end." The light quick voice was no longer hurried; a speaker can learn the tricks of good delivery. The lines... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1996 - 464 Seiten
...— he was free from malice, which (as he said himself) he never bred nor fed.2 He was no revenger of their affections more in his power. The fear of every...man that heard him was, lest he should make an end." — Ditcoveriei: under title Dominus I'trulamius. 1 Gratis, in the Latin version ; ie without taking... | |
 | Connie Robertson - 1998 - 686 Seiten
...answer hath been 'Would he had blotted a thousand'. 5261 limber, or Discoveries made upon Men and Matter must go down to the sea again, * a clear call that may not be deni 5262 Timber, or Discoveries made upon Men and Matter Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak,... | |
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... 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 where... 
