The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select [by] Sholto and Reuben Percy, Brothers of the Benedictine Monastery, Mont Benger, المجلد 2T. Boys, 1826 |
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... formed of the tumult , hastened to the theatre , and calling the people out into the temple of Bellona , so tamed and stung them by the power of his words , and made them so ashamed of their folly and perverseness , that on their return ...
... formed of the tumult , hastened to the theatre , and calling the people out into the temple of Bellona , so tamed and stung them by the power of his words , and made them so ashamed of their folly and perverseness , that on their return ...
الصفحة 26
... formed at Tilbury , of twenty - three thousand men , to protect the capital , on this memorable and momentous occasion , Queen Elizabeth resolved to visit in person the camp , for the purpose of encouraging her troops . Like a second ...
... formed at Tilbury , of twenty - three thousand men , to protect the capital , on this memorable and momentous occasion , Queen Elizabeth resolved to visit in person the camp , for the purpose of encouraging her troops . Like a second ...
الصفحة 53
... formed by nature , improved by art , and animated by perpetual dissensions and an insuperable jealousy . The dispo- sition of the people , and the juncture of affairs , seemed to favour Æschines ; but , notwithstanding , he lost his ...
... formed by nature , improved by art , and animated by perpetual dissensions and an insuperable jealousy . The dispo- sition of the people , and the juncture of affairs , seemed to favour Æschines ; but , notwithstanding , he lost his ...
الصفحة 76
... formed so distinguished a feature in the eloquence of Mr. ` Windham . What , for instance , could be more poig- nantly sarcastic then the following passage ? " In discussing the conduct of this miserable ex- pedition 76 PERCY ANECDOTES .
... formed so distinguished a feature in the eloquence of Mr. ` Windham . What , for instance , could be more poig- nantly sarcastic then the following passage ? " In discussing the conduct of this miserable ex- pedition 76 PERCY ANECDOTES .
الصفحة 124
... formed the train of the Baron de Clootz , was entirely composed of vagabonds and foreign servants , hired at twelve livres a head . The secret was betrayed by an orthogra- phical error . One of the vagabonds of the deputa- tion went the ...
... formed the train of the Baron de Clootz , was entirely composed of vagabonds and foreign servants , hired at twelve livres a head . The secret was betrayed by an orthogra- phical error . One of the vagabonds of the deputa- tion went the ...
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addressed admiration afterwards ambassador answer arms army audience battle bill brave British Burke Cæsar cause character Charles 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 manner Marshal Boufflers ment mind minister nation never noble observed occasion offer orator 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 suffered thing thousand took troops virtue voice Wallace words
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الصفحة 27 - I know I have the 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...
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 - Cesar had his Brutus; Charles the First his Cromwell; and George the Third"—
الصفحة 123 - I had in my pocket a handful of copper money, three or four silver dollars, and five pistoles in gold. As he proceeded I began to soften, and concluded to give the copper. Another stroke of his oratory made me ashamed of that, and determined me to give the silver; and he finished so admirably, that I emptied my pocket wholly into the collector's dish, gold and all.
الصفحة 146 - Consider the lilies of the field; they toil not, neither do they spin: yet Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
الصفحة 106 - ... we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon, until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained ; we must fight ! I repeat it, Sir, we must fight ! An appeal to arms, and to the God of hosts, is all that is left us.
الصفحة 101 - List his discourse of war, and you shall hear A fearful battle render'd you in music: Turn him to any cause of policy, The Gordian knot of it he will unloose, Familiar as his garter...
الصفحة 106 - It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. 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;...
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 27 - I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too, and think foul scorn that Parma or Spain, or any prince of Europe should dare to invade the borders of my realm...