The Percy anecdotes, by Sholto and Reuben Percy. (Eloquence). |
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... suffer even the public crier to proclaim their laws , unless he was accompanied by a musi- cian , who , in case of a vicious tone , might be ready to give him the proper pitch and expression . It would seem that the town criers of ...
... suffer even the public crier to proclaim their laws , unless he was accompanied by a musi- cian , who , in case of a vicious tone , might be ready to give him the proper pitch and expression . It would seem that the town criers of ...
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... 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 for Scotland , having in the heat of debate ...
... 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 for Scotland , having in the heat of debate ...
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... suffered dearly for his integrity ; for he was instantly deprived of his dignity , and suffered long imprisonment ; and had it not been for his order , which was then held inviolable , he would have died the death of a traitor . The fol ...
... suffered dearly for his integrity ; for he was instantly deprived of his dignity , and suffered long imprisonment ; and had it not been for his order , which was then held inviolable , he would have died the death of a traitor . The fol ...
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... suffer not the prisoner to use the queen's counsel thus ; I was never interrupted thus in my life , nor I never knew any thus suffered to talk as this prisoner is suffered ; some of us will come no more at the bar , an we be thus ...
... suffer not the prisoner to use the queen's counsel thus ; I was never interrupted thus in my life , nor I never knew any thus suffered to talk as this prisoner is suffered ; some of us will come no more at the bar , an we be thus ...
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... suffer his merited punishment . As the care of this flock has been en- trusted to me , it behoves me to watch over their best interests , nor will I forsake their righteous cause . Suffer me only to be your leader , and swear to me that ...
... suffer his merited punishment . As the care of this flock has been en- trusted to me , it behoves me to watch over their best interests , nor will I forsake their righteous cause . Suffer me only to be your leader , and swear to me that ...
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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.