The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select, Band 2J. Cumberland, 1826 |
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... patriot of his country , who had a son so profligate , that he would have betrayed the liberties of it , on which account his father himself ( the elder Brutus ) had him whipped to death ? " FREDERIC THE GREAT . Frederic the Great being ...
... patriot of his country , who had a son so profligate , that he would have betrayed the liberties of it , on which account his father himself ( the elder Brutus ) had him whipped to death ? " FREDERIC THE GREAT . Frederic the Great being ...
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... patriot- ism . After warmly opposing standing armies , which he contended had enslaved all the nations around us , and were perfectly incompatible with liberty , he thus proceeded . " It signifies nothing to tell me , that our army is ...
... patriot- ism . After warmly opposing standing armies , which he contended had enslaved all the nations around us , and were perfectly incompatible with liberty , he thus proceeded . " It signifies nothing to tell me , that our army is ...
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... patriot who was bought by his country for a sum of money , and then sold my country for prompt payment ( alluding to the grant of £ 100,000 to Mr. Grattan for his public services , the half of which sum he accepted ) I never was bought ...
... patriot who was bought by his country for a sum of money , and then sold my country for prompt payment ( alluding to the grant of £ 100,000 to Mr. Grattan for his public services , the half of which sum he accepted ) I never was bought ...
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... that of the most ardent patriot , or enthusiastic martyr . One of the fugitive , or revolted slaves , being brought before his judges , who had condemned him previous to hearing what he had P 2 ELOQUENCE . 159 FREDERIC THE GREAT. ...
... that of the most ardent patriot , or enthusiastic martyr . One of the fugitive , or revolted slaves , being brought before his judges , who had condemned him previous to hearing what he had P 2 ELOQUENCE . 159 FREDERIC THE GREAT. ...
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... patriot . The Duchess of Rutland , and all the ladies of the castle , were present in the gallery , to witness what Mr. Curran called , in the course of the debate , 66 this exhibition by command . " When Mr. Curran sat down , Mr ...
... patriot . The Duchess of Rutland , and all the ladies of the castle , were present in the gallery , to witness what Mr. Curran called , in the course of the debate , 66 this exhibition by command . " When Mr. Curran sat down , Mr ...
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Seite 106 - 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, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!
Seite 17 - Support, and ornament of Virtue's cause. There stands the messenger of truth : there stands The legate of the skies ! — His theme divine, His office sacred, his credentials clear. By him the violated law speaks out Its thunders ; and by him, in strains as sweet As angels use, the Gospel whispers peace.
Seite 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.
Seite 40 - Caesar had his Brutus — Charles the first, his Cromwell — and George the third — ('Treason,' cried the speaker — ' treason, treason/ echoed from every part of the house.
Seite 27 - We have been persuaded by some that are careful of our safety to take heed how we commit ourselves to armed multitudes, for fear of treachery ; but I assure you, I do not desire to live to distrust my faithful and loving people. Let tyrants fear...
Seite 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...
Seite 62 - The wretch who, after having seen the consequences of a thousand errors, continues still to blunder, and whose age has only added obstinacy to stupidity, is surely the object of either abhorrence or contempt, and deserves not that his gray hairs should secure him from insult.
Seite 107 - The unhappy people of India, feeble and effeminate as they are from the softness of their climate, and subdued and broken as they have been by the knavery and strength of civilization, still occasionally start up in all the vigour and intelligence of insulted nature : — to be governed at all, they must be governed with a rod of iron ; and our empire in the East would, long since, have been lost to Great Britain, if civil skill and military prowess had not united their efforts to support an authority...
Seite 57 - If there be any in this assembly, any dear friend of Caesar's, to him I say, that Brutus' love to Caesar was no less than his. If then that friend demand, why Brutus rose against Caesar, this is my answer,— Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more.
Seite 64 - He looked like a dying man ; yet never was seen a figure of more dignity ; he appeared like a being of a superior species.