The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select, 16. kötetJ. Cumberland, 1826 |
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11. oldal
... mean gentle- man , a groom , a yeoman ; make a poor beggar , 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 ...
... mean gentle- man , a groom , a yeoman ; make a poor beggar , 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 ...
17. oldal
... mean by praying for a ? " The preacher bore the insult with so much christian meekness and composure , that the soldier who had been guilty of it immediately slunk away ashamed and confused . Mr. Thomas continued the service , and ...
... mean by praying for a ? " The preacher bore the insult with so much christian meekness and composure , that the soldier who had been guilty of it immediately slunk away ashamed and confused . Mr. Thomas continued the service , and ...
24. oldal
... means of puritan strictness , for he was the most facetious person of his day ; and carried his wit so far , as to retail it from the pulpit with more levity than decency . Speaking of Job's " robe of righteousness , " he once said ...
... means of puritan strictness , for he was the most facetious person of his day ; and carried his wit so far , as to retail it from the pulpit with more levity than decency . Speaking of Job's " robe of righteousness , " he once said ...
36. oldal
... means devoid of taste . When Mr. Whitfield first went to Scotland , he was received in Edinburgh with a kind of frantic joy by a large body of the citizens . It so happened , that the day after his arrival , an unhappy man who had ...
... means devoid of taste . When Mr. Whitfield first went to Scotland , he was received in Edinburgh with a kind of frantic joy by a large body of the citizens . It so happened , that the day after his arrival , an unhappy man who had ...
53. oldal
... mean by this conduct ? Do you mean to worship God ? then I must tell you plainly , and with the authority of a christian minister , that this is no worship ; deceive not yourselves , God will not accept it at your hands . " He proceeded ...
... mean by this conduct ? Do you mean to worship God ? then I must tell you plainly , and with the authority of a christian minister , that this is no worship ; deceive not yourselves , God will not accept it at your hands . " He proceeded ...
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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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93. oldal - 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.
3. oldal - 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!
22. oldal - 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.
23. oldal - ... 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...
156. oldal - 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...
140. oldal - 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.
164. oldal - 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.
55. oldal - 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.
12. oldal - 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.
11. oldal - 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...