 | Perez Zagorin - 1998 - 318 Seiten
...him, without loss. He commanded where he spoke, and had hisjudges angry or pleased at his devotion. The fear of every man that heard him was lest he should make an end."91 Always ambitious to attain a leading place in government, he dreamed of replacing his cousin... | |
 | Peter Dawkins - 2004 - 159 Seiten
...not cough, or look aside from him, without loss. He commanded where he spoke, and had us angry and pleased at his devotion. No man had their affections...man that heard him was, lest he should make an end. Ben Jonson, Discoveries (1641) 8. THE GREAT ARTIST His meals were refections of the ear as well as... | |
 | Emily Hiestand, Ande Zellman - 2004 - 186 Seiten
...what Ben Jonson said of Francis Bacon could be said of Curley (or "Cuh-lee," as he pronounced it): "The fear of every man that heard him was lest he should make an end." This was the "eddie-fying" Curlcy who left school to support his family after the death of his father,... | |
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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... 
