 Westminster-hall, there was a counsellor who never pleaded without a piece of packthread in his hand, which he used to twist about a thumb or a finger all the while he was speaking ; the wags of those days used to call it " the thread of his discourse,"...  American Annals of Education - Page 25edited by - 1835Full view - About this book
 | 1729 - 320 pages
...was fpeaking: The Waggsof thofe Days ufed to call it the Thread of his Difcourfe, for he was not able to utter a Word without it. One of his Clients, who was more merry than wife, ftole it from him one Day in the jnidft of his Pleading ; but he had better have let it alane,... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1789 - 416 pages
...fpeaking : the wags of "thofe days ufed to call it the thread of his difcourle, for }ie was not able to utter a word without it. One of his clients, who was more merry than wile, ftole it from Jiim one day in the midft of his pleading ; but he had better have let it al-one,... | |
 | English literature - 1803 - 376 pages
...was speaking: the wags of those days used to call it the thread of his discourse, for he was not able to utter a word without it. One of his clients who...the midst of his pleading; but he had better have let it alone, for he lest his cause by his jest. I have all along acknowledged myself to be a dumb... | |
 | 1804 - 412 pages
...while he was speaking : the wags of those days used to call it the thread of his discourse, for he was unable to utter a word without it. One of his...the midst of his pleading ; but he had better have let it alone, for he lost his cause by his jest. I have all along acknowledged myself to be a dumb... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 578 pages
...was speaking: the wags of those days used to call it the thread of his discourse, for he was not able to utter a word without it. One of his clients, who...day in the midst of his pleading ; but he had better havQ let it alone, for he lost his cause by his jest. improper person to give rules for oratory ; but... | |
 | 1808 - 306 pages
...speaking : the wags of those days osed to call it the thread of his discourse, for he was not ahle to utter a word without it. One of his clients, who...it from him one day in the midst of his pleading; hut he had hetter have let it alone, for he lost his caose hy his jest. I helieve every one will agree,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1810 - 362 pages
...while he was speaking : the wags of those days used to call it ' the thread of his discourse," for he was unable to utter a word without it. One of his...the midst of his pleading; but he had better have let •it alone, for he lost his cause by his jest. .1 have all along acknowledged myself to .be p.... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1814 - 424 pages
...speaking ; the wags of those days used to call it the thread of his discourse, for he was not able to utter a word without it. One of his clients who...the midst of his pleading ; but he had better have let it alone, for he lost his cause by the jest. XI. — Ad-vantages of History. — HUME. THE advantages... | |
 | Spectator The - 1816 - 372 pages
...speaking: the wags of those days used to call it the thread of his discourse, for he was not jable to utter a word without it. One of his clients who...the midst of his pleading; but he had better have let it alone, for he lost his cause by his jest. I have all along acknowledged myself to be a dumb... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1819 - 366 pages
...was speaking ;<he wags of those days used to rail it the thread of his discourse, for he was not able to utter a word without it. One of his clients, who...the midst of his pleading ; but he had better have let it alone, for he lost his cause by the jest. XI. — Advantages of History. THE advantages found... | |
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