The Percy anecdotes, by Sholto and Reuben Percy. (Eloquence). |
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... House of Commons , rose to speak in support of the act , " for granting counsel to prisoners in cases of high treason ; " but found himself so embarrassed , that he was unable to express his sentiments . The house cheered him ; and ...
... House of Commons , rose to speak in support of the act , " for granting counsel to prisoners in cases of high treason ; " but found himself so embarrassed , that he was unable to express his sentiments . The house cheered him ; and ...
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... House of Commons , Mr. Drake said that he disliked the tax , and would oppose it from a motive of gratitude . " The gentlemen concerned in writing for them , had been particularly kind to him . They had made him de- liver many well ...
... House of Commons , Mr. Drake said that he disliked the tax , and would oppose it from a motive of gratitude . " The gentlemen concerned in writing for them , had been particularly kind to him . They had made him de- liver many well ...
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... House of Commons in his great wig , spoke in favour of the adjournment of the debate on the illegality of general warrants in 1764 , because that such adjournment , though short , would afford him an opportunity to examine his books and ...
... House of Commons in his great wig , spoke in favour of the adjournment of the debate on the illegality of general warrants in 1764 , because that such adjournment , though short , would afford him an opportunity to examine his books and ...
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... House of Commons , when some one took notice , and pointedly remarked , upon his ill looks . Mr. Fox ( after- wards Lord Holland ) , whose gloomy countenance strongly marked his character , observed , " That it was unjust , ungenerous ...
... House of Commons , when some one took notice , and pointedly remarked , upon his ill looks . Mr. Fox ( after- wards Lord Holland ) , whose gloomy countenance strongly marked his character , observed , " That it was unjust , ungenerous ...
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... house , a circumstance which procured him the nick - name of the Dinner- Bell . A gentleman was one day going into ... Commons . One afternoon , the Opposition had come down to the house to give the ininisters battle on a very important ...
... house , a circumstance which procured him the nick - name of the Dinner- Bell . A gentleman was one day going into ... Commons . One afternoon , the Opposition had come down to the house to give the ininisters battle on a very important ...
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Page 122 - ... to attend one of his sermons, in the course of which I perceived he intended to finish with a collection, and I silently resolved he should get nothing from me. 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 62 - Much more, Sir, is he to be abhorred, who, as he has advanced in age, has receded from virtue, and becomes more wicked with less temptation ; — who prostitutes himself for money which he cannot enjoy, and spends the remains of his life in the ruin of his country.
Page 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...
Page 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...
Page 167 - I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earned.
Page 62 - Whether youth can be imputed to any man as a reproach, I will not, sir, assume the province of determining; but surely age may become justly contemptible, if the opportunities which it brings have passed away without improvement, and vice appears to prevail when the passions have subsided.
Page 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.