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...to him who fulmined over Greece. I can never help applying to him what Ben Jonson said of Bacon: " There happened in my time one noble speaker, who was full of gravity in his speaking. His language was nobly censorious. No man ever spake more neatly, more pressly, more weightily, or suffered less...

...which would have been quite as effective, when put into the mouth of an actor. Thus he calls him— A noble speaker who was full of gravity in his speaking. His language, where he could spare and pass by a jest, was nobly censorious. No man ever spoke more neatly, more pressly, more weightily,...

...no Imitator, ever grew up to his Author\ likenesse is alwayes on this side Truth : Yet there hapn'd, in my time, one noble Speaker, who was full of gravity in his speaking. His language, (where hee could spare, or passe by a jest) was nobly censorious. No man ever spake more neatly, more presly,...

...imitated alone; for no imitator ever grew up to his author: likeness is always on this side truth. Yet there happened in my time one noble speaker, who...was full of gravity in his speaking. His language (when he could spare or pass by a iest) was nobly censorious. No man ever spake more neatly, more rightly,...

...sol, la, mi." — Dr. Burney. Oratory. — Bacon was a natural orator. Ben Jonson says of him : — " There happened in my time one noble speaker who was full of gravity in his speaking. . . . His hearers could not cough, or look aside from him without loss. He commanded where he spoke, and had...

...responsibilities, the versatility and energy of his genius were well displayed. His loyalty to * " There happened in my time one noble speaker who was full of gravity in his speaking. His language, wheu he could spare or pass a jest, was nobly censorious. No man ever spoke more neatly, more pressly,...

...out its purple patches of " fine writing." Here is Ben Jonson's description of Bacon's language : " There happened in my time one noble speaker who was full of gravity in his speech. No man ever spoke more neatly, more pressly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less...

...Parliament in 1584 and distinguished himself as a speaker. Ben Jonson, the dramatist, says of him: " There happened in my time, one noble speaker who was full of gravity in his speaking. No man ever spoke more neatly, more presly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness,...

...his " Discoveries," gives the following description of Bacon's oratory while he was in Parliament : "There happened in my time one noble speaker who was full of gravity in his speaking. His language, when he could spare or pass a jest, was nobly censorious.! No man ever spake more neatly, more pressly,...