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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... mind , he added a warmth of temper which would suffer him to brook from no man , or in any place , the slightest indignity . Of this he exhibited on one occasion an eminent proof . The Earl of Stair , Secre- tary of State , and Minister ...
... mind , he added a warmth of temper which would suffer him to brook from no man , or in any place , the slightest indignity . Of this he exhibited on one occasion an eminent proof . The Earl of Stair , Secre- tary of State , and Minister ...
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... mind and the extent of his imagination , has been styled the Shakespeare of Divines . His sermons abound with some of the most brilliant passages , and embrace such a variety of matter , and such a mass of knowledge and of learning ...
... mind and the extent of his imagination , has been styled the Shakespeare of Divines . His sermons abound with some of the most brilliant passages , and embrace such a variety of matter , and such a mass of knowledge and of learning ...
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... mind ; but turning the paper on both sides , he said , " My brethren , here is nothing , and there is nothing ; out of nothing God created all things ; " and proceeded to deliver a most eloquent discourse on the wonders of the creation ...
... mind ; but turning the paper on both sides , he said , " My brethren , here is nothing , and there is nothing ; out of nothing God created all things ; " and proceeded to deliver a most eloquent discourse on the wonders of the creation ...
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... minds , in the way in which they had been bribed ; and with such men , the eloquence even of an angel could have been of no avail . The speech is a fine specimen of simple and unaf- fected oratory . After a very brief exordium , the ...
... minds , in the way in which they had been bribed ; and with such men , the eloquence even of an angel could have been of no avail . The speech is a fine specimen of simple and unaf- fected oratory . After a very brief exordium , the ...
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... mind , His genius soar'd when Britons drop'd and pin'd . ” GARRICK . Lord Chatham entered the House of Lords for the last time on the 7th of April , 1778 , leaning upon two friends . He was wrapped up in flannel , and looked pale and ...
... mind , His genius soar'd when Britons drop'd and pin'd . ” GARRICK . Lord Chatham entered the House of Lords for the last time on the 7th of April , 1778 , leaning upon two friends . He was wrapped up in flannel , and looked pale and ...
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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...