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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... determined to resist , Boadicea animated them to shake it off by an eloquent address , which she con- cluded in these words : " Let the Romans , who are not better than hares and foxes , understand , that 12 PERCY ANECDOTES .
... determined to resist , Boadicea animated them to shake it off by an eloquent address , which she con- cluded in these words : " Let the Romans , who are not better than hares and foxes , understand , that 12 PERCY ANECDOTES .
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... determine the person who has recourse to me , to act the good and proper part . I exhort him , I urge him , and I quit him not till he has yielded to my persuasions . " " " On preaching the first Advent sermon at Versailles , Louis XIV ...
... determine the person who has recourse to me , to act the good and proper part . I exhort him , I urge him , and I quit him not till he has yielded to my persuasions . " " " On preaching the first Advent sermon at Versailles , Louis XIV ...
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... determination of certayne of my counsell assigned by mee for the same purpose . In the meane tyme content yourself , and trouble me no more . " " MARGARET LAMBRUN . The death of Mary Queen of Scots so affected one of her retinue , that ...
... determination of certayne of my counsell assigned by mee for the same purpose . In the meane tyme content yourself , and trouble me no more . " " MARGARET LAMBRUN . The death of Mary Queen of Scots so affected one of her retinue , that ...
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... determined to revenge their death upon you . Many , but fruitless , were the attempts made to divert me from my purpose . I found myself constrained to prove by experience the truth of the maxim , that neither reason nor force can ...
... determined to revenge their death upon you . Many , but fruitless , were the attempts made to divert me from my purpose . I found myself constrained to prove by experience the truth of the maxim , that neither reason nor force can ...
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... determined to select a successor with the same qualifications , and took the following method of ascertaining the merit of one of the numerous candi- dates for the appointment . He told the applicant that he would furnish him with a ...
... determined to select a successor with the same qualifications , and took the following method of ascertaining the merit of one of the numerous candi- dates for the appointment . He told the applicant that he would furnish him with a ...
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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...