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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... patriot of his country , who had a son so profligate , that he would have betrayed the liberties of it , on which account his father himself ( the elder Brutus ) had him whipped to death ! " FREDERIC THE GREAT . Frederic the Great being ...
... patriot of his country , who had a son so profligate , that he would have betrayed the liberties of it , on which account his father himself ( the elder Brutus ) had him whipped to death ! " FREDERIC THE GREAT . Frederic the Great being ...
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... patriot- ism . After warmly opposing standing armies , which he contended had enslaved all the nations around us , and were perfectly incompatible with liberty , he thus proceeded : " It signifies nothing to tell me , that our army is ...
... patriot- ism . After warmly opposing standing armies , which he contended had enslaved all the nations around us , and were perfectly incompatible with liberty , he thus proceeded : " It signifies nothing to tell me , that our army is ...
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... patriot who was bought by his country for a sum of money , and then sold my country for prompt payment ( alluding to the grant of £ 100,000 to Mr. Grattan for his public services , the half of which sum he accepted . ) I never was ...
... patriot who was bought by his country for a sum of money , and then sold my country for prompt payment ( alluding to the grant of £ 100,000 to Mr. Grattan for his public services , the half of which sum he accepted . ) I never was ...
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... that of the most ardent patriot , or enthusiastic martyr . One of the fugitive , or revolted , slaves , being brought before his judges , who had condemned him previous to hearing what he had P 2 ELOQUENCE . 159 FREDERIC THE GREAT. ...
... that of the most ardent patriot , or enthusiastic martyr . One of the fugitive , or revolted , slaves , being brought before his judges , who had condemned him previous to hearing what he had P 2 ELOQUENCE . 159 FREDERIC THE GREAT. ...
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... patriot . The Duchess of Rutland , and all the ladies of the castle were present in the gallery , to witness what Mr. Curran called , in the course of the debate , this exhibition by command . " 66 When Mr. Curran sat down , Mr ...
... patriot . The Duchess of Rutland , and all the ladies of the castle were present in the gallery , to witness what Mr. Curran called , in the course of the debate , this exhibition by command . " 66 When Mr. Curran sat down , Mr ...
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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...