The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select, Volume 1J. Cumberland, 1826 |
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... means he would speedily become master of it . Alphonsus , however , had too humane a dispo- sition to hearken to counsel , the policy of which rested on driving a helpless multitude into the jaws of famine . He suffered them to pass ...
... means he would speedily become master of it . Alphonsus , however , had too humane a dispo- sition to hearken to counsel , the policy of which rested on driving a helpless multitude into the jaws of famine . He suffered them to pass ...
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... means of his caresses , he induced the child to tie him- self round his body . In this way he carried the poor little creature , as if in triumph , to the hospital . When old age deprived him of strength , the prior of the convent ...
... means of his caresses , he induced the child to tie him- self round his body . In this way he carried the poor little creature , as if in triumph , to the hospital . When old age deprived him of strength , the prior of the convent ...
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... means of escaping , in a country with which they were unacquainted ; they resolved upon defending themselves , and selling their lives dearly . The postmaster at length returned un- attended , and then addressing himself to M. de Lava ...
... means of escaping , in a country with which they were unacquainted ; they resolved upon defending themselves , and selling their lives dearly . The postmaster at length returned un- attended , and then addressing himself to M. de Lava ...
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... means of support- ing them . Affected by their situation , the benevolent tar , after surveying the family groupe , made choice of one boy , whose appearance pleased him , and treated him in the same manner as he had done the other ...
... means of support- ing them . Affected by their situation , the benevolent tar , after surveying the family groupe , made choice of one boy , whose appearance pleased him , and treated him in the same manner as he had done the other ...
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... means of pre- serving that which with me would perish for want . The warrior is poor , and his cabin is always empty ; but your house , father , is always full . " your own . G INDIAN CAPTIVE : In the year 1782 , the war HUMANITY . 61 ...
... means of pre- serving that which with me would perish for want . The warrior is poor , and his cabin is always empty ; but your house , father , is always full . " your own . G INDIAN CAPTIVE : In the year 1782 , the war HUMANITY . 61 ...
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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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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...