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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... orator without courage ; an orator without honesty ; an orator without principle . We see in the story of his life , eloquence alternately exalted and debased ; now exerted for the noblest of purposes ; the next moment silenced for the ...
... orator without courage ; an orator without honesty ; an orator without principle . We see in the story of his life , eloquence alternately exalted and debased ; now exerted for the noblest of purposes ; the next moment silenced for the ...
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... orator was particularly struck with the sight of a massy golden cup , and poising it in his hand , he asked Harpalus , " What was its weight ? " Harpalus replied , " To you it shall weigh twenty talents . " When Demosthenes had departed ...
... orator was particularly struck with the sight of a massy golden cup , and poising it in his hand , he asked Harpalus , " What was its weight ? " Harpalus replied , " To you it shall weigh twenty talents . " When Demosthenes had departed ...
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... as obstinately maintain the reverse ; and so efficaciously withal , that he has made all who heard him , nay , the very spectators , believe him . " EXTEMPORANEOUS ORATORY . Gorgias of Leontium is the first orator 6 PERCY ANECDOTES .
... as obstinately maintain the reverse ; and so efficaciously withal , that he has made all who heard him , nay , the very spectators , believe him . " EXTEMPORANEOUS ORATORY . Gorgias of Leontium is the first orator 6 PERCY ANECDOTES .
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... orator we read of who possessed the gift so much prized in modern times , and so distinctly characteristic of modern eloquence— the gift of extemporaneous speaking . He made it his boast , that in a public assembly , he could on the in ...
... orator we read of who possessed the gift so much prized in modern times , and so distinctly characteristic of modern eloquence— the gift of extemporaneous speaking . He made it his boast , that in a public assembly , he could on the in ...
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... orator ( as it certainly is ) to have occasion for such an assistance . " Leave , " says he , " the pipe at home , but carry the custom with you . " PROLIXITY MADE PENAL . It appears from several of the ancient Royal Ordi- nances of ...
... orator ( as it certainly is ) to have occasion for such an assistance . " Leave , " says he , " the pipe at home , but carry the custom with you . " PROLIXITY MADE PENAL . It appears from several of the ancient Royal Ordi- nances of ...
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Сторінка 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...
Сторінка 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.
Сторінка 40 - Cesar had his Brutus; Charles the First his Cromwell; and George the Third"—
Сторінка 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.
Сторінка 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.
Сторінка 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.
Сторінка 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...
Сторінка 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;...
Сторінка 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...
Сторінка 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...