The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select, المجلد 16J. Cumberland, 1826 |
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... Lord's Prayer ! It was remarked , when his sermons were printed , in 1632 , that " the best sermons that were ever read , were never preached . " Even the great Massilon once stopped short in the middle of a sermon from defect of memory ...
... Lord's Prayer ! It was remarked , when his sermons were printed , in 1632 , that " the best sermons that were ever read , were never preached . " Even the great Massilon once stopped short in the middle of a sermon from defect of memory ...
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... are ambassadors , some of the privy council , some to furnish the court , some are lords of parliament , some are presidents , and some comptrollers of mints . Well , Is well ! Is this their duty ? Is this 10 PERCY ANECDOTES .
... are ambassadors , some of the privy council , some to furnish the court , some are lords of parliament , some are presidents , and some comptrollers of mints . Well , Is well ! Is this their duty ? Is this 10 PERCY ANECDOTES .
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... Lord President . Thus I speak , not that I would have it so , but to your shame , if there be never a gentleman meet nor able to be Lord President . For why are not the noblemen and young gentlemen of England so brought up in knowledge ...
... Lord President . Thus I speak , not that I would have it so , but to your shame , if there be never a gentleman meet nor able to be Lord President . For why are not the noblemen and young gentlemen of England so brought up in knowledge ...
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... Lord hath blessed . " He was an excellent preacher , and used often to preach before James I. , especially in his progress through Hampshire in 1609. The first time his majesty heard him , he observed in the same punning spirit with ...
... Lord hath blessed . " He was an excellent preacher , and used often to preach before James I. , especially in his progress through Hampshire in 1609. The first time his majesty heard him , he observed in the same punning spirit with ...
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... Lord Chief Justice Coke used to say of Bishop King , that " he was the best preacher in the Star Chamber in his time . " RESOLUTE NONCONFORMIST . About the year 1644 , a party of the Parliament horse came to the village of Laugharn ...
... Lord Chief Justice Coke used to say of Bishop King , that " he was the best preacher in the Star Chamber in his time . " RESOLUTE NONCONFORMIST . About the year 1644 , a party of the Parliament horse came to the village of Laugharn ...
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الصفحة 93 - If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
الصفحة 3 - Love thyself last: cherish those hearts that hate thee; Corruption wins not more than honesty. Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace, To silence envious tongues. Be just, and fear not. Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country's, Thy God's, and truth's; then if thou fall'st, O Cromwell, Thou fall'st a blessed martyr!
الصفحة 22 - Tis that which we all see and know.' Any one better apprehends what it is by acquaintance, than I can inform him by description. It is, indeed, a thing so versatile and multiform, appearing in so many shapes, so many postures, so many garbs, so variously apprehended by several eyes and judgments, that it seemeth no less hard to settle a clear and certain notion thereof, than to make a portrait of Porteus, or to define the figure of the fleeting air.
الصفحة 23 - ... sometimes it is lodged in a sly question, in a smart answer, in a quirkish reason, in a shrewd intimation, in cunningly diverting or cleverly retorting an objection: sometimes it is couched in a bold scheme of speech, in a tart irony, in a lusty hyperbole, in a startling metaphor, in a plausible reconciling of contradictions, or in acute nonsense...
الصفحة 156 - I own there are exceptions to this general observation, and that the Dean we heard the other day together is an orator *. He has so much regard to. his congregation, that he commits to his memory what he has to say to them ; and has so soft and graceful a behaviour, that it must attract your attention. His person...
الصفحة 140 - The Wisdom and Goodness of God in having made both rich and poor; with an Appendix containing Reflections on the present State of England and France.
الصفحة 164 - Scream no more, at the peril of your soul. God now warns you by me, whom He has set over you. Speak as earnestly as you can, but do not scream. Speak •with all your heart, but with a moderate voice. It was said of onr Lord, ' He shall not cry ' ; the word properly means, He shall not scream.
الصفحة 55 - My lord, your father would have gone further :" to which the duke answered, " Your majesty's father was the better man, and he would not have gone so far.
الصفحة 12 - at the Mount of St Mary's, in the stony stage where I now stand, I have brought you some fine biscuits, baked in the oven of charity, carefully conserved for the chickens of the church, the sparrows of the spirit, and the sweet swallows of salvation.
الصفحة 11 - If the apostles might not leave the office of preaching to the deacons, shall one leave it for minting ? I cannot tell you ; but the saying is, that since priests have been minters, money hath been worse than it was before. And they say that the evilness of money hath made all things dearer. And in this behalf I must speak to England. Hear, my country, England...