Neither from my person or nature doth this choice arise ; for he that supplieth this place ought to be a man big and comely, stately and wellspoken, his voice great, his carriage majestical, his nature haughty, and his purse plentiful... Parliamentary Papers - Page 54by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons - 1853Full view - About this book
| Edward Porritt - 1909 - 660 pages
...in 1597, in excusing himself to the House, " to be a man big and comely, stately and well-spoken ; his voice great, his carriage majestical, his nature haughty, and his purse plentiful. But contrarily, the stature of my body is small, myself not so well spoken, my voice low, my carriage... | |
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