The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select [by] Sholto and Reuben Percy, Brothers of the Benedictine Monastery, Mont Benger, Том 2T. Boys, 1826 |
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... , were obliged to pass a decree condemning Demosthenes to death . The orator fled for refuge to the temple of Neptune at Celaura ; but inwardly convinced that no place B 3 ELOQUENCE . 5 A day was appointed for the solemn decision of the ...
... , were obliged to pass a decree condemning Demosthenes to death . The orator fled for refuge to the temple of Neptune at Celaura ; but inwardly convinced that no place B 3 ELOQUENCE . 5 A day was appointed for the solemn decision of the ...
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... death of Socrates , when all his disciples , struck with dismay , fled into distant parts , Isocrates alone had the courage to ap- pear in mourning in the public streets of Athens . PERICLES . The eloquence of Pericles , which his ...
... death of Socrates , when all his disciples , struck with dismay , fled into distant parts , Isocrates alone had the courage to ap- pear in mourning in the public streets of Athens . PERICLES . The eloquence of Pericles , which his ...
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... death and sufferings , that laying his hand upon his sword , he cried out in a transport of generous resentment , " Where art thou , Crillon ? " It would be idle to suspect Crillon of plagiarism in his honest anger and mode of venting ...
... death and sufferings , that laying his hand upon his sword , he cried out in a transport of generous resentment , " Where art thou , Crillon ? " It would be idle to suspect Crillon of plagiarism in his honest anger and mode of venting ...
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... death of a traitor . The fol- lowing are some of the most remarkable passages of this eloquent speech . " But , alas ! good King Richard , why such cruelty ? What such impiety hath he ever committed ? Examine rightly those imputations ...
... death of a traitor . The fol- lowing are some of the most remarkable passages of this eloquent speech . " But , alas ! good King Richard , why such cruelty ? What such impiety hath he ever committed ? Examine rightly those imputations ...
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... death , my lords , I have been informed this day to scour up my old Latin , that hath lain so long in rusting ! ' ' " " In a volume of the Harleian MSS . , No. 6798 , there is a copy of this celebrated speech as delivered in Latin ...
... death , my lords , I have been informed this day to scour up my old Latin , that hath lain so long in rusting ! ' ' " " In a volume of the Harleian MSS . , No. 6798 , there is a copy of this celebrated speech as delivered in Latin ...
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Стр. 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...
Стр. 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.
Стр. 40 - Cesar had his Brutus; Charles the First his Cromwell; and George the Third"—
Стр. 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.
Стр. 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.
Стр. 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.
Стр. 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...
Стр. 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;...
Стр. 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...
Стр. 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...