The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select [by] Sholto and Reuben Percy, Brothers of the Benedictine Monastery, Mont Benger, Volume 4T. Boys, 1826 |
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... kings , has been called by the voice of a free people to the legal inheritance of the crown . From George the First , and his father , the Elector of Hanover , we ascend in a clear and regular series to the first Duke of Brunswick and ...
... kings , has been called by the voice of a free people to the legal inheritance of the crown . From George the First , and his father , the Elector of Hanover , we ascend in a clear and regular series to the first Duke of Brunswick and ...
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... kings , and two queens ; a circumstance rare in a sovereign house , and not equalled in all the annals of history ... king of England is heir in direct succession ( the Catholic line of course excluded ) to the British Cambro - British ...
... kings , and two queens ; a circumstance rare in a sovereign house , and not equalled in all the annals of history ... king of England is heir in direct succession ( the Catholic line of course excluded ) to the British Cambro - British ...
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... king what a great proficiency his highness had made in Latin , but that he wished that he would be a little more perfect in his German grammar , as it would be of signal use to him . " German grammar ! German grammar ! " retorted the ...
... king what a great proficiency his highness had made in Latin , but that he wished that he would be a little more perfect in his German grammar , as it would be of signal use to him . " German grammar ! German grammar ! " retorted the ...
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... king , after trying every art , even to the offer of a splendid establishment , in order to induce compliance , gave up the point , with the remark , " that the boy was good for nothing , and only fit to read the Bible to his mother ...
... king , after trying every art , even to the offer of a splendid establishment , in order to induce compliance , gave up the point , with the remark , " that the boy was good for nothing , and only fit to read the Bible to his mother ...
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... king , in his answer , did not omit to advert to the circumstance . " I have great satis- faction , " said his majesty , " in the early marks you have given me , of your zeal and affection for me and for my government ; and I return you ...
... king , in his answer , did not omit to advert to the circumstance . " I have great satis- faction , " said his majesty , " in the early marks you have given me , of your zeal and affection for me and for my government ; and I return you ...
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Page 120 - I have the honor to assure your Majesty of their unanimous disposition and desire to cultivate the most friendly and liberal intercourse between your Majesty's subjects and their citizens, and of their best wishes for your Majesty's health and happiness, and for that of your royal family. "' The appointment of a Minister from the United States to your Majesty's court, will form an epoch in the history of England and America.
Page 27 - III. c. 23, enacted at the earnest request of the king himself from the throne, the judges are continued in their offices during their good behaviour, notwithstanding any demise of the crown, which was formerly held immediately to vacate their seats, and their full salaries are absolutely secured to them during the continuance of their commissions...
Page 93 - When I mentioned the smallness of the church livings in Scotland, he said, ' he wondered how men of liberal education would choose to become clergymen there ; ' and asked, ' whether, in the remote parts of the country, the clergy, in general, were not very ignorant?' I answered, ' No, for that education was very cheap in Scotland, and -that the clergy, in general, were men of good sense, and competent learning.
Page 21 - You have heard, continued he, of an old Lord Bathurst, of whom your Popes and Swifts have sung and spoken so much: I have lived my life with geniuses of that cast; but have survived them; and, despairing ever to find their equals, it is some years since I have...
Page 76 - The King was pleased to say he was of the same opinion, adding, ' You do not think, then, Dr. Johnson, that there was much argument in the case?' Johnson said, he did not think there was. ' \Vhy, truly,' said the King, 'when once it comes to calling names, argument is pretty well at an end.
Page 124 - It is thus the essence of things is lost in ceremony in every country of Europe. We must submit to what we cannot alter. Patience is the only remedy.
Page 122 - I will be very frank with you. I was the last to consent to the Separation, but the Separation having been made and having become inevitable, I have always said, as I say now, that I would be the first to meet the Friendship of the United States as an independent Power.
Page 30 - I am not expert at description, nor can my fancy add any horrors to the picture ; but sure even conquerors themselves would weep at the hideous prospect now before me. The whole Country, my dear Country, lies one frightful waste, presenting only objects to excite terror, pity and despair. The business of the husbandman and the shepherd are quite discontinued; the husbandman and the shepherd are become soldiers themselves, and help to ravage the soil they formerly occupied.
Page 53 - ... made him an unlimited offer of any rewards in the power of the crown to bestow...
Page 121 - Sir,— The circumstances of this audience are so extraordinary, the language you have now held is so extremely proper, and the feelings you have discovered so justly adapted to the occasion, that I must say, that I not only receive with pleasure the assurance of the friendly disposition of the United States, but that I am glad the choice has fallen upon you to be their minister.