The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select, Volume 1J. Cumberland, 1826 |
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... five years of his reign , comparable even with Augustus himself in the princely virtues of pity and compassion . When once requested to set his hand to a writ for the execu- tion of a malefactor , he exclaimed , " Quam vellem me nescire ...
... five years of his reign , comparable even with Augustus himself in the princely virtues of pity and compassion . When once requested to set his hand to a writ for the execu- tion of a malefactor , he exclaimed , " Quam vellem me nescire ...
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... five suits of men's clothes , the same number of wo- men's , two couple of oxen to plough with , and a quantity of corn to sow . He also commanded the governor of the province to protect them , and to exempt them from all taxes and ...
... five suits of men's clothes , the same number of wo- men's , two couple of oxen to plough with , and a quantity of corn to sow . He also commanded the governor of the province to protect them , and to exempt them from all taxes and ...
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... five crowns for rent ; which her landlord threatened to force her to pay immediately , unless she would con- sent to the ruin of her child , who had been educated in virtue ; and she entreated that the prelate would interpose his sacred ...
... five crowns for rent ; which her landlord threatened to force her to pay immediately , unless she would con- sent to the ruin of her child , who had been educated in virtue ; and she entreated that the prelate would interpose his sacred ...
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... five crowns to pay your rent . " The poor woman , after a thousand thanks to her generous benefactor , hastened to the steward , who immediately presented her with fifty crowns . This she refused to accept ; and the steward , unable to ...
... five crowns to pay your rent . " The poor woman , after a thousand thanks to her generous benefactor , hastened to the steward , who immediately presented her with fifty crowns . This she refused to accept ; and the steward , unable to ...
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... five days to keep her from sinking , all hope of saving her was given up . The English prize officer called aside Mr. Hieberg , who had been first lieutenant of the Delft , and who remained on board along with a number of the sick and ...
... five days to keep her from sinking , all hope of saving her was given up . The English prize officer called aside Mr. Hieberg , who had been first lieutenant of the Delft , and who remained on board along with a number of the sick and ...
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Page 125 - 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...
Page 114 - ... 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...
Page 109 - 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...
Page 62 - 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.
Page 132 - 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.
Page 119 - Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free; They touch our country, and their shackles fall.
Page 157 - ... 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.
Page 156 - 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.
Page 114 - ... 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.
Page 114 - 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...