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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... King of Sparta , which was the better wrestler , Peri- cles or himself ? " " It is vain , " replied Thucydides , " to wrestle with that man . As often as I have cast him to the ground , he has as stoutly denied it ; and when I would ...
... King of Sparta , which was the better wrestler , Peri- cles or himself ? " " It is vain , " replied Thucydides , " to wrestle with that man . As often as I have cast him to the ground , he has as stoutly denied it ; and when I would ...
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... admired . " For a long time he was the reigning orator in Rome , and was popularly styled the King of the Forum . Hortensius was rendered , however , more remarkable by one single defeat , than by all his triumphs ELOQUENCE . 11.
... admired . " For a long time he was the reigning orator in Rome , and was popularly styled the King of the Forum . Hortensius was rendered , however , more remarkable by one single defeat , than by all his triumphs ELOQUENCE . 11.
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... that pronounced by the Earl of Morton over the grave of the illustrious Scottish re- former , John Knox . " Here lies he who never feared the face of man . 16-17 C CRILLON - KING CLOVIS . The brave Crillon attending on ELOQUENCE . 13.
... that pronounced by the Earl of Morton over the grave of the illustrious Scottish re- former , John Knox . " Here lies he who never feared the face of man . 16-17 C CRILLON - KING CLOVIS . The brave Crillon attending on ELOQUENCE . 13.
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... KING CLOVIS . The brave Crillon attending on a Good Friday the public offices of devotion , was so affected by an eminent preacher's delineation of our Saviour's death and sufferings , that laying his hand upon his sword , he cried out ...
... KING CLOVIS . The brave Crillon attending on a Good Friday the public offices of devotion , was so affected by an eminent preacher's delineation of our Saviour's death and sufferings , that laying his hand upon his sword , he cried out ...
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... King , Louis XIV . , was so delighted with him , that he wrote in his own name to his father , the Intendant of Soissons , to congratulate him on having a son that would immortalize himself . An unbeliever going to hear Bossuet preach ...
... King , Louis XIV . , was so delighted with him , that he wrote in his own name to his father , the Intendant of Soissons , to congratulate him on having a son that would immortalize himself . An unbeliever going to hear Bossuet preach ...
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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...