The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select [by] Sholto and Reuben Percy, Brothers of the Benedictine Monastery, Mont Benger, Volym 2T. Boys, 1826 |
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Sida 27
... crowns ; and I assure you , on the word of a prince , you shall not fail of them . In the mean time , my lieutenant - general shall be in my stead , than whom never prince commanded a more noble or worthy sub- ject ; not doubting , but ...
... crowns ; and I assure you , on the word of a prince , you shall not fail of them . In the mean time , my lieutenant - general shall be in my stead , than whom never prince commanded a more noble or worthy sub- ject ; not doubting , but ...
Sida 32
... crown lawyers . He had been in close confinement for fifty - eight days , without any of his friends being allowed access to him , or any assistance of counsel , which was never then permitted . Sir Nicholas was no lawyer by profession ...
... crown lawyers . He had been in close confinement for fifty - eight days , without any of his friends being allowed access to him , or any assistance of counsel , which was never then permitted . Sir Nicholas was no lawyer by profession ...
Sida 33
... crown , peevishly remarked , that if he had known the prisoner was so well furnished with cases , he would have come better prepared . Throckmorton coolly re- plied , that he had no law , but what he had learned from Mr. Sergeant ...
... crown , peevishly remarked , that if he had known the prisoner was so well furnished with cases , he would have come better prepared . Throckmorton coolly re- plied , that he had no law , but what he had learned from Mr. Sergeant ...
Sida 45
... but suddenly and severely Scourge this perjured court to a severe repentance , and regain honour to our nation , and his kingdom to our crown . " FRENCH CURATE . During the French revolution , the inhabitants ELOQUENCE . 45.
... but suddenly and severely Scourge this perjured court to a severe repentance , and regain honour to our nation , and his kingdom to our crown . " FRENCH CURATE . During the French revolution , the inhabitants ELOQUENCE . 45.
Sida 90
... crown , that King George II . on the 1st of July , 1731 , called for the council book , and with his own hand struck the name of William Pulteney , Esq . out of the list of Privy Counsellors . His majesty further ordered him to be put ...
... crown , that King George II . on the 1st of July , 1731 , called for the council book , and with his own hand struck the name of William Pulteney , Esq . out of the list of Privy Counsellors . His majesty further ordered him to be put ...
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Sida 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...
Sida 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.
Sida 40 - Cesar had his Brutus; Charles the First his Cromwell; and George the Third"—
Sida 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.
Sida 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.
Sida 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.
Sida 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...
Sida 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;...
Sida 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...
Sida 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...