The Percy anecdotes, by Sholto and Reuben Percy. (Eloquence). |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 30
עמוד 22
... mind , he added a warmth of temper which would suffer him to brook from no man , or in any place , the slightest indignity . Of this he exhibited on one occasion an eminent proof . The Earl of Stair , Secre- tary of State , and Minister ...
... mind , he added a warmth of temper which would suffer him to brook from no man , or in any place , the slightest indignity . Of this he exhibited on one occasion an eminent proof . The Earl of Stair , Secre- tary of State , and Minister ...
עמוד 35
... mind and the extent of his imagination , has been styled the Shakespeare of Divines . His sermons abound with some of the most brilliant passages , and embrace such a variety of matter , and such a mass of knowledge and of learning ...
... mind and the extent of his imagination , has been styled the Shakespeare of Divines . His sermons abound with some of the most brilliant passages , and embrace such a variety of matter , and such a mass of knowledge and of learning ...
עמוד 39
... mind ; but turning the paper on both sides , he said , My brethren , here is nothing , and there is nothing ; out of nothing God created all things ; " and proceeded to deliver a most eloquent discourse on the wonders of the creation ...
... mind ; but turning the paper on both sides , he said , My brethren , here is nothing , and there is nothing ; out of nothing God created all things ; " and proceeded to deliver a most eloquent discourse on the wonders of the creation ...
עמוד 55
... minds , in the way in which they had been bribed ; and with such men , the eloquence even of an angel could have been of no avail . The speech is a fine specimen of simple and unaf- fected oratory . After a very brief exordium , the ...
... minds , in the way in which they had been bribed ; and with such men , the eloquence even of an angel could have been of no avail . The speech is a fine specimen of simple and unaf- fected oratory . After a very brief exordium , the ...
עמוד 64
... mind , His genius soar'd when Britons drop'd and pin'd . ” GARRICK . Lord Chatham entered the House of Lords for the last time on the 7th of April , 1778 , leaning upon two friends . He was wrapped up in flannel , and looked pale and ...
... mind , His genius soar'd when Britons drop'd and pin'd . ” GARRICK . Lord Chatham entered the House of Lords for the last time on the 7th of April , 1778 , leaning upon two friends . He was wrapped up in flannel , and looked pale and ...
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 |
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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.