The Percy anecdotes, by Sholto and Reuben Percy. (Eloquence). |
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... feelings of the moment , superior to all the artifices of royal dignity 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 ...
... feelings of the moment , superior to all the artifices of royal dignity 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 ...
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... feelings worked up to a proper pitch , he sat down , under the perfect conviction that he should obtain a verdict . What then must have been his surprise , when the counsel retained by the opposite party rose and observed , that it was ...
... feelings worked up to a proper pitch , he sat down , under the perfect conviction that he should obtain a verdict . What then must have been his surprise , when the counsel retained by the opposite party rose and observed , that it was ...
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... feelings a comfort which must be lasting , and not like the fleeting and false confidence of those who swerved from their duty . It has often been my pride with you to look into the Texel , and see a foe which dreaded coming out to meet ...
... feelings a comfort which must be lasting , and not like the fleeting and false confidence of those who swerved from their duty . It has often been my pride with you to look into the Texel , and see a foe which dreaded coming out to meet ...
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... feelings , that the tears trickled down his cheeks . He took a review of the close intimacy which for nearly twenty - five years had existed between Mr. Burke and himself , and com- plained of the ignominious epithets that his friend ...
... feelings , that the tears trickled down his cheeks . He took a review of the close intimacy which for nearly twenty - five years had existed between Mr. Burke and himself , and com- plained of the ignominious epithets that his friend ...
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... feeling ; and a list of those who voted against it were afterwards posted up , as " The Straffordian betrayers of their country ; " and the poor earl , though very ill , was hurried through his trial by the commons , who demanded that ...
... feeling ; and a list of those who voted against it were afterwards posted up , as " The Straffordian betrayers of their country ; " and the poor earl , though very ill , was hurried through his trial by the commons , who demanded that ...
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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.