The Percy anecdotes, by Sholto and Reuben Percy. (Eloquence). |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 30
עמוד 4
... give the traitor- robber shelter ? Demosthenes , to whose opinion the people looked up with reverence , declared at first that they ought on no account to disgrace the character of the republic , by affording refuge to one so infamous ...
... give the traitor- robber shelter ? Demosthenes , to whose opinion the people looked up with reverence , declared at first that they ought on no account to disgrace the character of the republic , by affording refuge to one so infamous ...
עמוד 8
... give him the proper pitch and expression . It would seem that the town criers of classic story could boast of a degree of oratorical propriety , from which their modern successors must have sadly degenerated ; since to speak as a town ...
... give him the proper pitch and expression . It would seem that the town criers of classic story could boast of a degree of oratorical propriety , from which their modern successors must have sadly degenerated ; since to speak as a town ...
עמוד 9
... give him the proper pitch to regulate his elevation and cadences , and to assist him with a proper tone in case he made a false inflexion of the voice . Cicero , however , thought it beneath an orator ( as it certainly is ) to have ...
... give him the proper pitch to regulate his elevation and cadences , and to assist him with a proper tone in case he made a false inflexion of the voice . Cicero , however , thought it beneath an orator ( as it certainly is ) to have ...
עמוד 17
... give my whole application to 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 ...
... give my whole application to 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 ...
עמוד 24
... give them thanks . For the second , to visit and comfort them in their necessities and adversities he was also come , not only for the death of the noble King Edward , and the prince , his son , but also for the great losses which they ...
... give them thanks . For the second , to visit and comfort them in their necessities and adversities he was also come , not only for the death of the noble King Edward , and the prince , his son , but also for the great losses which they ...
מהדורות אחרות - הצג הכל
The Percy Anecdotes, by Sholto and Reuben Percy. (Eloquence) <span dir=ltr>Joseph Clinton Robertson</span> אין תצוגה מקדימה זמינה - 2016 |
מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
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קטעים בולטים
עמוד 122 - ... to attend one of his sermons, in the course of which I perceived he intended to finish with a collection, and I silently resolved he should get nothing from me. 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.
עמוד 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.
עמוד 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.
עמוד 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...
עמוד 62 - Much more, Sir, is he to be abhorred, who, as he has advanced in age, has receded from virtue, and becomes more wicked with less temptation ; — who prostitutes himself for money which he cannot enjoy, and spends the remains of his life in the ruin of his country.
עמוד 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...
עמוד 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...
עמוד 167 - I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earned.
עמוד 62 - Whether youth can be imputed to any man as a reproach, I will not, sir, assume the province of determining; but surely age may become justly contemptible, if the opportunities which it brings have passed away without improvement, and vice appears to prevail when the passions have subsided.
עמוד 40 - Caesar had his Brutus — Charles the First, his Cromwell — and George the Third'* — (' Treason,' cried the speaker — ' Treason, treason !' echoed from every part of the house.