The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select [by] Sholto and Reuben Percy, Brothers of the Benedictine Monastery, Mont Benger, Volumen2T. Boys, 1826 |
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... royal master . The orator was particularly struck with the sight of a massy golden cup , and poising it in his hand , he asked Harpalus , " What was its weight ? " Harpalus replied , " To you it shall weigh twenty talents . " When ...
... royal master . The orator was particularly struck with the sight of a massy golden cup , and poising it in his hand , he asked Harpalus , " What was its weight ? " Harpalus replied , " To you it shall weigh twenty talents . " When ...
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... Royal Ordi- nances of France , and particularly from one of Charles VII . of France , that lawyers in that country ( would to heaven it were so in all countries ! ) were subjected to heavy penalties , when guilty of prolixity in their ...
... Royal Ordi- nances of France , and particularly from one of Charles VII . of France , that lawyers in that country ( would to heaven it were so in all countries ! ) were subjected to heavy penalties , when guilty of prolixity in their ...
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... ROYAL COMMISSIONER . A singular specimen of par iamentary eloquence , at a very early period of English history , is furnished in the speech of the Archbishop of Canterbury to the House of Peers , in 1377 , the first year of the reign ...
... ROYAL COMMISSIONER . A singular specimen of par iamentary eloquence , at a very early period of English history , is furnished in the speech of the Archbishop of Canterbury to the House of Peers , in 1377 , the first year of the reign ...
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... royal dig- nity , and the tricks of royal condescension , inspired her with that impressive earnestness of look , of words , of gesture , which alone is truly dignified , and truly eloquent . Mounted on a noble charger , with a ...
... royal dig- nity , and the tricks of royal condescension , inspired her with that impressive earnestness of look , of words , of gesture , which alone is truly dignified , and truly eloquent . Mounted on a noble charger , with a ...
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... royal blood . I myself will be your general , judge and rewarder of your virtue in the field . I know that already for your forwardness you have deserved reward , and crowns ; and I assure you , on the word of a prince , you shall not ...
... royal blood . I myself will be your general , judge and rewarder of your virtue in the field . I know that already for your forwardness you have deserved reward , and crowns ; and I assure you , on the word of a prince , you shall not ...
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Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 40 - Cesar had his Brutus; Charles the First his Cromwell; and George the Third"—
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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;...
Página 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...
Página 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...