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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... exclaimed that monarch indignantly , " I would have redressed his wrongs ! " PETER THE HERMIT . It is difficult to fix limits to human achievements , when superstition or enthusiasm is aided by the power of eloquence . The celebrated ...
... exclaimed that monarch indignantly , " I would have redressed his wrongs ! " PETER THE HERMIT . It is difficult to fix limits to human achievements , when superstition or enthusiasm is aided by the power of eloquence . The celebrated ...
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... exclaimed , Deus vult ! Deus vult ! God wills it ! God wills it ! " It is indeed the will of God , " replied the Pope : " and let this memorable word , the inspiration surely of the Holy Spirit , c 2 ELOQUENCE . 15 prayed frequently ...
... exclaimed , Deus vult ! Deus vult ! God wills it ! God wills it ! " It is indeed the will of God , " replied the Pope : " and let this memorable word , the inspiration surely of the Holy Spirit , c 2 ELOQUENCE . 15 prayed frequently ...
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... exclaimed , " Is it an angel or a man that speaks ? " CROMWELL'S CHAPLAIN . The Rev. John Howe , when minister of Great Torrington , in Devonshire , having occasion to take a journey to London , went as a hearer to the chapel at ...
... exclaimed , " Is it an angel or a man that speaks ? " CROMWELL'S CHAPLAIN . The Rev. John Howe , when minister of Great Torrington , in Devonshire , having occasion to take a journey to London , went as a hearer to the chapel at ...
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... exclaimed , " " Tis a plain case ! " and was about to leave the court . Being persuaded , however , to stay and hear ... exclaiming , they are all rogues alike ! " FLETCHER OF SALTON . Mr. Fletcher is allowed to have been by far the ...
... exclaimed , " " Tis a plain case ! " and was about to leave the court . Being persuaded , however , to stay and hear ... exclaiming , they are all rogues alike ! " FLETCHER OF SALTON . Mr. Fletcher is allowed to have been by far the ...
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... they put any to death for traiterous attempts against their persons , it shall be exclaimed cruelty ; if they do any thing against the lust and liking of the 18 D ELOQUENCE . 25 the House of Peers decreed, that he should be ...
... they put any to death for traiterous attempts against their persons , it shall be exclaimed cruelty ; if they do any thing against the lust and liking of the 18 D ELOQUENCE . 25 the House of Peers decreed, that he should be ...
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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...