The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select [by] Sholto and Reuben Percy, Brothers of the Benedictine Monastery, Mont Benger, Volume 2T. Boys, 1826 - Anecdotes |
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... Roman advocates used to make a sort of agreement with the court , how long they might have liberty to speak in defence of their client . Martial alludes to this practice in the fol- lowing epigram . ' Septem clepsydras magnâ tibi voce ...
... Roman advocates used to make a sort of agreement with the court , how long they might have liberty to speak in defence of their client . Martial alludes to this practice in the fol- lowing epigram . ' Septem clepsydras magnâ tibi voce ...
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... rate seats in the theatres to the equestrian order , gave great offence to the Roman people . Otho , on coming into the theatre one night , was received by the popu- lace with an universal hiss ; but by the knights 10 PERCY ANECDOTES .
... rate seats in the theatres to the equestrian order , gave great offence to the Roman people . Otho , on coming into the theatre one night , was received by the popu- lace with an universal hiss ; but by the knights 10 PERCY ANECDOTES .
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... Roman women were required to render on oath an account of their property , preparatory to a heavy tax , she pleaded ... Romans became so oppressive , that the Britons were determined to resist , Boadicea animated them to shake it off by ...
... Roman women were required to render on oath an account of their property , preparatory to a heavy tax , she pleaded ... Romans became so oppressive , that the Britons were determined to resist , Boadicea animated them to shake it off by ...
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... Romans were so pleased with the novelty , that it became a regular custom ever after- wards to have the characters of their great men illus- trated in a funeral oration by the most eloquent among their survivors . The custom of the Romans ...
... Romans were so pleased with the novelty , that it became a regular custom ever after- wards to have the characters of their great men illus- trated in a funeral oration by the most eloquent among their survivors . The custom of the Romans ...
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... Roman cardinals , thirteen archbishops , two hundred and twenty - five bishops , four hundred mitred prelates , four thousand ecclesiastics , and three hundred thousand laymen . In the market - place of Clermont , Pope Urban II ...
... Roman cardinals , thirteen archbishops , two hundred and twenty - five bishops , four hundred mitred prelates , four thousand ecclesiastics , and three hundred thousand laymen . In the market - place of Clermont , Pope Urban II ...
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Page 27 - I know I have the body but of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king ! and of a king of England too...
Page 41 - There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it : I have killed many : I have fully glutted my vengeance : for my country I rejoice at the beams of peace. . But do not harbor a thought that mine is the joy of fear.
Page 40 - Cesar had his Brutus; Charles the First his Cromwell; and George the Third"—
Page 123 - I had in my pocket a handful of copper money, three or four silver dollars, and five pistoles in gold. As he proceeded I began to soften, and concluded to give the copper. Another stroke of his oratory made me ashamed of that, and determined me to give the silver; and he finished so admirably, that I emptied my pocket wholly into the collector's dish, gold and all.
Page 146 - Consider the lilies of the field; they toil not, neither do they spin: yet Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
Page 106 - ... we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon, until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained ; we must fight ! I repeat it, Sir, we must fight ! An appeal to arms, and to the God of hosts, is all that is left us.
Page 101 - List his discourse of war, and you shall hear A fearful battle render'd you in music: Turn him to any cause of policy, The Gordian knot of it he will unloose, Familiar as his garter...
Page 106 - It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, peace! — but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms ! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God ! I know not what course others may take;...
Page 27 - I myself will take up arms; I myself will be your general, judge, and rewarder of every one of your virtues in the field. I know already...
Page 27 - I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too, and think foul scorn that Parma or Spain, or any prince of Europe should dare to invade the borders of my realm...