The Percy anecdotes, by Sholto and Reuben Percy. (Eloquence). |
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... Roman advocates used to make a sort of agreement with the court , how long they might have liberty to speak in defence of their client . Martial alludes to this practice in the following epigram : 66 Septem clepsydras magnâ tibi voce ...
... Roman advocates used to make a sort of agreement with the court , how long they might have liberty to speak in defence of their client . Martial alludes to this practice in the following epigram : 66 Septem clepsydras magnâ tibi voce ...
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... rate seats in the theatres to the equestrian order , gave great offence to the Roman people . Otho , on coming into the theatre one night , was received by the popu- lace with an universal hiss ; but by the knights 10 PERCY ANECDOTES .
... rate seats in the theatres to the equestrian order , gave great offence to the Roman people . Otho , on coming into the theatre one night , was received by the popu- lace with an universal hiss ; but by the knights 10 PERCY ANECDOTES .
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... Roman women were required to render on oath an account of their property , preparatory to a heavy tax , she pleaded ... Romans became so oppressive , that the Britons were determined to resist , Boadicea animated them to shake it off by ...
... Roman women were required to render on oath an account of their property , preparatory to a heavy tax , she pleaded ... Romans became so oppressive , that the Britons were determined to resist , Boadicea animated them to shake it off by ...
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... Romans . The result of the battle , however , proved , that there was more wit than truth in the comparison ... Romans were so pleased with the novelty , that it became a regular custom ever after- wards to have the characters of their ...
... Romans . The result of the battle , however , proved , that there was more wit than truth in the comparison ... Romans were so pleased with the novelty , that it became a regular custom ever after- wards to have the characters of their ...
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... Roman cardinals , thirteen archbishops , two hundred and twenty - five bishops , four hundred mitred prelates , four thousand ecclesiastics , and three hundred thousand laymen . In the market - place of Clermont , Pope Urban II ...
... Roman cardinals , thirteen archbishops , two hundred and twenty - five bishops , four hundred mitred prelates , four thousand ecclesiastics , and three hundred thousand laymen . In the market - place of Clermont , Pope Urban II ...
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Страница 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.
Страница 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.
Страница 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.
Страница 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...
Страница 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.
Страница 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...
Страница 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...
Страница 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.
Страница 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.
Страница 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.