The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select, 1. kötetJ. Cumberland, 1826 |
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18. oldal
... ordered you five hundred crowns ; what you can spare of it , lay up as a marriage portion for your daughter . " THE BEGGING NUN . The late Mrs. General Lascelles , when more cele- brated as Miss Catley the singer , was once entreated to ...
... ordered you five hundred crowns ; what you can spare of it , lay up as a marriage portion for your daughter . " THE BEGGING NUN . The late Mrs. General Lascelles , when more cele- brated as Miss Catley the singer , was once entreated to ...
22. oldal
... ordered the horses to be taken from several pieces of cannon , that were already retreating , saying , " the life of one brave man is better worth pre- serving , than fifty pieces of ordnance . " When General Moreau , into whose hands ...
... ordered the horses to be taken from several pieces of cannon , that were already retreating , saying , " the life of one brave man is better worth pre- serving , than fifty pieces of ordnance . " When General Moreau , into whose hands ...
23. oldal
... ordered the whole to be restored , ob- serving , that he should be unworthy of being the opponent of his imperial highness , if he took any ad- vantage of so noble an act of humanity . BATTLE OF CAMPERDOWN . The Delft , one of the Dutch ...
... ordered the whole to be restored , ob- serving , that he should be unworthy of being the opponent of his imperial highness , if he took any ad- vantage of so noble an act of humanity . BATTLE OF CAMPERDOWN . The Delft , one of the Dutch ...
27. oldal
... but their steps were traced , and they were brought back . The lover was ordered to leave Ecrivan ; and as he was crossing the Zengui , a river which flows between high precipices , his mistress es- pied D 2 HUMANITY . 27.
... but their steps were traced , and they were brought back . The lover was ordered to leave Ecrivan ; and as he was crossing the Zengui , a river which flows between high precipices , his mistress es- pied D 2 HUMANITY . 27.
32. oldal
... 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 32 PERCY ...
... 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 32 PERCY ...
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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...