 | Raymond Macdonald Alden - American essays - 1920 - 492 pages
...thought he would mar a good dinner. Discretion of speech is more than eloquence; and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal, is more than to speak in...are weakest in the course are yet nimblest in the turn; as it is betwixt the greyhound and the hare. To use too many circumstances13 ere one come to... | |
 | Cecile King - 1921 - 230 pages
...often persevnrance in disguise. "Discretionsof speech is more than eloquence; and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than to speak in good words or in good order." - Francis Bacon. The Trademark as a Fas tor in Trade Ethics. It is no overstatement to rank the trademark... | |
 | Mrs. Martha Farr Purdon - English language - 1923 - 304 pages
...in this movement. He tells us that thought is dynamic energy. LESSON THIRTY-FIVE. To speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than to speak in good words.—Bacon. ebullient (e-bul'-yent), adj. Boiling up; hence, manifesting excitement or enthusiasm.... | |
 | Schelling anniversary papers - Literature - 1923 - 366 pages
...or second speech without a good set speech sheweth shallownesse and weaknes, as wee see in beastes that those that are weakest in the course are yet nimblest in the turne. fl To vse too many circumstances ere one come to the matter is wearisome, to use none at all... | |
 | Harry Morgan Ayres, Frederick Morgan Padelford - English literature - 1924 - 942 pages
...thought he would mar a good dinner." Discretion of speech is more than eloquence, and to speak agreeably her lore In the low huts of them that toil and groan ; And, shall owness and weakness. As we see in beasts that those that are weakest in the course are yet nimblest... | |
 | Jacob Zeitlin - Civilization, Modern - 1926 - 408 pages
...thought he would mar a good dinner. Discretion of speech is more than eloquence; and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than to speak in...are weakest in the course are yet nimblest in the turn; as it is betwixt the greyhound and the hare. To use too many circumstances ere one come to the... | |
 | Marquess George Nathaniel Curzon Curzon of Kedleston - Science - 1926 - 498 pages
...redeem the undisciplined errors of his earlier career. IX INSCRIPTIONS AND PETITIONS To speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than to speak in good words or in good order. — BACON, Of Discourse. THE Indians excel in street decoration, illuminations, and every form of ceremonial... | |
 | Mason Long - English language - 1928 - 344 pages
...them. — WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS 7. Discretion of speech is more than eloquence, and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than to speak in good words or in good order. — FRANCIS BACON 9. With wonderful deathless ditties We build up in the world's great cities, And... | |
 | Ashley Horace Thorndike - Speeches, addresses, etc - 1928 - 494 pages
...wise or foolish. — DEMOSTHENES. Discretion of speech is more than eloquence; and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than to speak in good words or in good order. — BACON. Nature has given us two ears, two eyes and but one tongue, to the end that we should hear... | |
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Discretion of speech is more than eloquence ; and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal, is more than to speak in good words or in good order. 
