The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select, المجلد 2J. Cumberland, 1826 |
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... body meagre , and his countenance shrivelled ; but with these dis- advantages he had a keen and lively eye , and a ready eloquence . Being encouraged by Pope Urban II . he travelled as a missionary through the provinces of Italy and ...
... body meagre , and his countenance shrivelled ; but with these dis- advantages he had a keen and lively eye , and a ready eloquence . Being encouraged by Pope Urban II . he travelled as a missionary through the provinces of Italy and ...
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... body but of a weak and feeble woman , but I have the heart and stomach of a king , and of a King of England too ; and take foul scorn that Parma , or any prince of Europe , should dare to invade the borders of my realm . To the which ...
... body but of a weak and feeble woman , but I have the heart and stomach of a king , and of a King of England too ; and take foul scorn that Parma , or any prince of Europe , should dare to invade the borders of my realm . To the which ...
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... body of Cæsar before him , could scarcely have pro- duced a more vivid impression on his hearers , than Flechier did by the following noble exordium . " Do not expect , my friends , that I shall set before your eyes the tragic scene of ...
... body of Cæsar before him , could scarcely have pro- duced a more vivid impression on his hearers , than Flechier did by the following noble exordium . " Do not expect , my friends , that I shall set before your eyes the tragic scene of ...
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... body of man . " THE RIVAL ORATORS . Æschines having drawn up an accusation against one Ctesiphon , or rather against Demosthenes , a time was fixed for hearing the trial . No cause ever excited so much curiosity , or was pleaded with so ...
... body of man . " THE RIVAL ORATORS . Æschines having drawn up an accusation against one Ctesiphon , or rather against Demosthenes , a time was fixed for hearing the trial . No cause ever excited so much curiosity , or was pleaded with so ...
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... body . " Is the house up ? " said he . " No " , answered one of the fugitives , " but Mr. Burke is up . " The following idea of Mr. Burke , attributed to Ge- neral Fitzpatrick , is very characteristic . Ask any per- son in either house ...
... body . " Is the house up ? " said he . " No " , answered one of the fugitives , " but Mr. Burke is up . " The following idea of Mr. Burke , attributed to Ge- neral Fitzpatrick , is very characteristic . Ask any per- son in either house ...
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addressed admiration afterwards ambassador Andrew Moray answer arms army audience battle bill Bishop brave British Burke Cæsar cause character Cicero citizens command conduct Corsicans countrymen court crown death debate declared defence delivered Demosthenes Duke duty Earl Earl Fitzwilliam eloquence emperor enemy England English Epaminondas exclaimed expressed father favour France French gave Genoese gentleman give Grattan hands Henry Hofer House of Commons House of Lords Hugh Palliser inhabitants instantly king liberty Lord Lord Chatham Lord Ligonier Lord Weymouth lordship majesty majesty's ment mind minister nation never noble observed occasion offer orator oratory Paoli parliament patriot person Phocion Pope Urban II preach preacher present prince pulpit queen rank replied republic Roman rose royal Scotland senate sent sermon Sheridan sheriffs soon speak speech spirit suffer thing thousand took troops virtue voice Wallace words
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الصفحة 106 - Gentlemen may cry peace! peace! but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!
الصفحة 17 - Support, and ornament of Virtue's cause. There stands the messenger of truth : there stands The legate of the skies ! — His theme divine, His office sacred, his credentials clear. By him the violated law speaks out Its thunders ; and by him, in strains as sweet As angels use, the Gospel whispers peace.
الصفحة 41 - There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it : I have killed many : I have fully glutted my vengeance : for my country I rejoice at the beams of peace. . But do not harbor a thought that mine is the joy of fear.
الصفحة 40 - Caesar had his Brutus — Charles the first, his Cromwell — and George the third — ('Treason,' cried the speaker — ' treason, treason/ echoed from every part of the house.
الصفحة 27 - We have been persuaded by some that are careful of our safety to take heed how we commit ourselves to armed multitudes, for fear of treachery ; but I assure you, I do not desire to live to distrust my faithful and loving people. Let tyrants fear...
الصفحة 27 - I myself will take up arms; I myself will be your general, judge, and rewarder of every one of your virtues in the field. I know already...
الصفحة 62 - The wretch who, after having seen the consequences of a thousand errors, continues still to blunder, and whose age has only added obstinacy to stupidity, is surely the object of either abhorrence or contempt, and deserves not that his gray hairs should secure him from insult.
الصفحة 107 - The unhappy people of India, feeble and effeminate as they are from the softness of their climate, and subdued and broken as they have been by the knavery and strength of civilization, still occasionally start up in all the vigour and intelligence of insulted nature : — to be governed at all, they must be governed with a rod of iron ; and our empire in the East would, long since, have been lost to Great Britain, if civil skill and military prowess had not united their efforts to support an authority...
الصفحة 57 - If there be any in this assembly, any dear friend of Caesar's, to him I say, that Brutus' love to Caesar was no less than his. If then that friend demand, why Brutus rose against Caesar, this is my answer,— Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more.
الصفحة 64 - He looked like a dying man ; yet never was seen a figure of more dignity ; he appeared like a being of a superior species.