The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select, المجلد 16J. Cumberland, 1826 |
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الصفحة 11
... discourse , the good bishop proceeds to ask , " Is there never a nobleman to be a Lord President , but it must be a prelate ? Is there never a wise man in the realm to be a comptroller of the mint ? I speak it to your shame , I speak it ...
... discourse , the good bishop proceeds to ask , " Is there never a nobleman to be a Lord President , but it must be a prelate ? Is there never a wise man in the realm to be a comptroller of the mint ? I speak it to your shame , I speak it ...
الصفحة 30
... discourse , that sleep had gradually taken possession of his hearers . The doctor immediately stopped short , and changing his tone of voice , called out to Lord Lauderdale three times . His lordship standing up , " My lord , " saith ...
... discourse , that sleep had gradually taken possession of his hearers . The doctor immediately stopped short , and changing his tone of voice , called out to Lord Lauderdale three times . His lordship standing up , " My lord , " saith ...
الصفحة 31
... discourse , said , " Awake that sleeping abbé , who comes here only to pay his court to the king , " a reproof which Fenelon often related with pleasure after he became Archbishop of Cambray . At another time the king was astonished to ...
... discourse , said , " Awake that sleeping abbé , who comes here only to pay his court to the king , " a reproof which Fenelon often related with pleasure after he became Archbishop of Cambray . At another time the king was astonished to ...
الصفحة 38
... farther , when his tormenting interrupter broke out with , " That's Tillotson ! " The doctor bit his lips and paused , but again thought it better to pursue the thread of his discourse . A third exclamation of 38 PERCY ANECDOTES .
... farther , when his tormenting interrupter broke out with , " That's Tillotson ! " The doctor bit his lips and paused , but again thought it better to pursue the thread of his discourse . A third exclamation of 38 PERCY ANECDOTES .
الصفحة 39
... discourse , saying , " When I announce to you sacred and important truths , you are not ashamed to go to sleep ; but when I play the fool , you are all eye and all ear . " Another curious circumstance is recorded of the pulpit displays ...
... discourse , saying , " When I announce to you sacred and important truths , you are not ashamed to go to sleep ; but when I play the fool , you are all eye and all ear . " Another curious circumstance is recorded of the pulpit displays ...
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admiral afterwards answer appeared appointed Archbishop Archbishop of Canterbury asked attention Bishop Bishop of Oxford brother called cause celebrated chaplain Charles christian church Church of England circumstances clergy clergyman command conduct congregation court creditors Daniel Burgess death declared delivered discourse divine doctor Duke duty Earl eloquence emperor enemy England enquired faithful father favour fortune gave gentleman give hand hear heard hearers honest honour HUGH BROUGHTON immediately integrity judge justice king letter living London Lord Lord Clive lordship Louis XIV majesty manner Marquess MARQUESS OF WELLESLEY Mascaron ment minister never nonconformist occasion offered once person pleased poor prayed prayers preached preacher present prince pulpit queen received refused reign replied reward royal says sent sermon soon Sunday tell thing thou thought tion told took treaty of Uxbridge truth Wesley Whitefield words young zeal
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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...