The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select, 1. kötetJ. Cumberland, 1826 |
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10. oldal
... FRANCE . When Henry IV . of France was advised to attempt taking Paris by an assault before the King of Spain's troops arrived to succour the leaguers , he absolutely protested against the measure , on the principal of humanity . " I ...
... FRANCE . When Henry IV . of France was advised to attempt taking Paris by an assault before the King of Spain's troops arrived to succour the leaguers , he absolutely protested against the measure , on the principal of humanity . " I ...
16. oldal
... FRANCE . The last words of this patriotic monarch are me- morable for the noble moral for kings which they con- tain . " I have aimed at justice , " said he to those around him , " but what king can be certain that he has always ...
... FRANCE . The last words of this patriotic monarch are me- morable for the noble moral for kings which they con- tain . " I have aimed at justice , " said he to those around him , " but what king can be certain that he has always ...
32. oldal
... France , ordered letter boxes to be fitted up in all the churches of Paris , where the virtuous poor , without their delicacy be- ing wounded , could as they passed deposit a note expressive of their wants . These boxes were only opened ...
... France , ordered letter boxes to be fitted up in all the churches of Paris , where the virtuous poor , without their delicacy be- ing wounded , could as they passed deposit a note expressive of their wants . These boxes were only opened ...
34. oldal
... France , orders were sent to the governors of the different provinces , to put the Hugonots to death in their respective dis- tricts . One catholic governor , whose memory will ever be dear to humanity , had the courage to disobey the ...
... France , orders were sent to the governors of the different provinces , to put the Hugonots to death in their respective dis- tricts . One catholic governor , whose memory will ever be dear to humanity , had the courage to disobey the ...
41. oldal
... 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 free to do good . " LOUIS XV . Louis XV . , when before the walls of Menin ...
... 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 free to do good . " LOUIS XV . Louis XV . , when before the walls of Menin ...
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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...