The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select, 1. kötetJ. Cumberland, 1826 |
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39. oldal
... Duke of Cumberland , the Duke of Montague , the Earl of Pembroke , Mr. Holden , and the Royal African Company . " My friend F- SELF DEVOTION . thus writes me , July 12 , 1788 . " One instance of courage exerted in the cause of humanity ...
... Duke of Cumberland , the Duke of Montague , the Earl of Pembroke , Mr. Holden , and the Royal African Company . " My friend F- SELF DEVOTION . thus writes me , July 12 , 1788 . " One instance of courage exerted in the cause of humanity ...
41. oldal
... DUKE OF ORLEANS , REGENT . The Duke of Orleans , on being appointed Regent of France , insisted on possessing the power of pardon- ing . " I have no objection , " said he , " to have my hands tied from doing harm , but I will have them ...
... DUKE OF ORLEANS , REGENT . The Duke of Orleans , on being appointed Regent of France , insisted on possessing the power of pardon- ing . " I have no objection , " said he , " to have my hands tied from doing harm , but I will have them ...
43. oldal
... DUKE OF CLARENCE . When his royal highness was on the eve of sailing for the first time as commander , from Plymouth , he was accosted in the dock - yard by a poor boy , who did not know who the prince was , and who supplicated that he ...
... DUKE OF CLARENCE . When his royal highness was on the eve of sailing for the first time as commander , from Plymouth , he was accosted in the dock - yard by a poor boy , who did not know who the prince was , and who supplicated that he ...
48. oldal
... Duke of the noble House of Montague was distinguished by his benevolence and humanity , which however were sometimes exercised in a very ec- centric manner . The duke had often observed a middle aged man in something like a military ...
... Duke of the noble House of Montague was distinguished by his benevolence and humanity , which however were sometimes exercised in a very ec- centric manner . The duke had often observed a middle aged man in something like a military ...
49. oldal
... duke , how- ever , soon relieved him from his difficulty , by intro- ducing him to the dining - room ; where , to the captain's amazement , his wife and children were seated at table ; the duke having sent for them from Yorkshire ...
... duke , how- ever , soon relieved him from his difficulty , by intro- ducing him to the dining - room ; where , to the captain's amazement , his wife and children were seated at table ; the duke having sent for them from Yorkshire ...
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afterwards asked assistance attended begged beneficence benevolent Bishop Blanche of Castile bread British brought captain celebrated charity Cheshunt child Colonel commanded daughter death distress Duke Duke of Lorraine Edward Colston emperor England enquired exclaimed expences Farinelli father favour fortune Foundling Hospital France French gave generosity gentleman give guineas hand happy heart honour horse hospital humanity hundred pounds immediately instantly Jonas Hanway king labour lady letter lived London Lord louis d'ors Louis XVI majesty manner Marquess of Huntly master misery mother never occasion officer ordered orphans perish persons poor present prince prisoners punishment purse queen received refused regiment relieve replied returned river Soar sent servant sick Sir Walter Blackett slaves soldier soon suffered tears thing thousand tion told took virtue Voltaire widow wife woman wounded wretched young
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125. oldal - The quality of mercy is not strain'd, — It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath : it is twice bless'd, — It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes : 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest : it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown...
114. oldal - ... temples, not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art, not to collect medals or collate manuscripts, — but to dive into the depths of dungeons, to plunge into the infection of hospitals, to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain, to take the...
109. oldal - A Macedonian, whose lands were contiguous to the sea, came opportunely to be witness of his distress ; and, with all humane and charitable tenderness, flew to the relief of the unhappy stranger. He bore him to his house, laid him in his...
62. oldal - The air was sweet and plaintive, and the words, literally translated, were these. "The winds roared, and the rains fell. The poor white man, faint and weary, came and sat under our tree. He has no mother to bring him milk; no wife to grind his corn.
132. oldal - Ross," each lisping babe replies. Behold the market-place with poor o'erspread ! The Man of Ross divides the weekly bread : He feeds yon almshouse, neat, but void of state, Where age and want sit smiling at the gate : Him portioned maids, apprenticed orphans blest, The young who labour, and the old who rest. Is any sick? The Man of Ross relieves, Prescribes, attends, the medicine makes, and gives.
119. oldal - Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free; They touch our country, and their shackles fall.
157. oldal - ... the appellation of benevolence, these actions have been performed in so free and so kind a manner, that if I was dry I drank the sweet draught, and if hungry ate the coarse morsel, with a double relish.
156. oldal - To a woman, whether civilized or savage, I never addressed myself in the language of decency and friendship, without receiving a decent and friendly answer. With man it has often been otherwise.
114. oldal - ... to dive into the depths of dungeons; to plunge into the infection of hospitals; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain; to take the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt; to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and to compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries.
114. oldal - He has visited all Europe, — not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the stateliness of temples ; not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art ; not to collect medals, or collate manuscripts...