The Percy Anecdotes: Revised Edition, Volumes 1-2Harper & brothers, 1847 - Anecdotes |
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... play , went home , and sent his friend the following letter , enclosing a bank note . 66 My dear Sir - I could not go to the play till I had relieved my mind , by sending the enclosed note , and beg you will transmit it to the HUMANITY .
... play , went home , and sent his friend the following letter , enclosing a bank note . 66 My dear Sir - I could not go to the play till I had relieved my mind , by sending the enclosed note , and beg you will transmit it to the HUMANITY .
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... PLAY . It is a prevailing folly to be ashamed to shed a tear at any part of a tragedy , however affect- ing . " The reason , " says the Spectator , " is , that persons think it makes them look ridiculous , by betraying the weakness of ...
... PLAY . It is a prevailing folly to be ashamed to shed a tear at any part of a tragedy , however affect- ing . " The reason , " says the Spectator , " is , that persons think it makes them look ridiculous , by betraying the weakness of ...
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... play it in defence of his king , of his country , and of himself . I shall be in the front and in the rear ; shall fly from wing to wing ; no company will escape my notice ; and whoever I then find doing his duty , upon him will I heap ...
... play it in defence of his king , of his country , and of himself . I shall be in the front and in the rear ; shall fly from wing to wing ; no company will escape my notice ; and whoever I then find doing his duty , upon him will I heap ...
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... play To me was pleasing ; all my mind was set Serious to learn and know , and thence to do , What might be public good : myself I thought Born to that end ; born to promote all truth , All righteous things . " Paradise regained . Sir ...
... play To me was pleasing ; all my mind was set Serious to learn and know , and thence to do , What might be public good : myself I thought Born to that end ; born to promote all truth , All righteous things . " Paradise regained . Sir ...
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... playing on a harpsichord in his visor . Scarlatri was there , and affirmed , " that it was either the little Sax- on , or the devil . " While at Venice he com- posed , in three weeks , the opera of Agrippina ... play - 23 PERCY ANECDOTES.
... playing on a harpsichord in his visor . Scarlatri was there , and affirmed , " that it was either the little Sax- on , or the devil . " While at Venice he com- posed , in three weeks , the opera of Agrippina ... play - 23 PERCY ANECDOTES.
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Page 2 - I happened soon after to attend one of his sermons in the course of which I perceived he intended to finish with a collection, and I silently resolved he should get nothing from me. 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 coppers.
Page 340 - I came one morning into the House well clad, and perceived a gentleman speaking, whom I knew not, very ordinarily apparelled, for it was a plain cloth suit, which seemed to have been made by an ill country tailor. His linen was plain, and' not very clean ; and I remember a speck or two of blood upon his little band, which was not much larger than his collar. His hat was without a hatband ; his stature was of a good size ; his sword stuck close to his side, his countenance swollen and reddish, his...
Page 23 - So I thought to myself since I cannot do any business to-day, I may as well go to the meeting too, and I went with him. There stood up a man in black, and began to talk to the people very angrily. I did not understand what he said: but perceiving...
Page 23 - Canassetego, an old acquaintance, who embraced him, spread furs for him to sit on, and placed before him some boiled beans and venison and mixed some rum and water for his drink. When he was well refreshed and had lit his pipe...
Page 23 - ... we spread soft furs for him to rest and sleep on: We demand nothing in return. But if I go into a white man's house at Albany, and ask for victuals and drink, they say, where is your money; and if I have none they say, get out, you Indian Dog.
Page 222 - So having used the priest civilly, he sent him back, being satisfied that he was in his power. This conduct so much pleased Cromwell, that he read the letter in council with great satisfaction, and said, " he hoped to make the name " of an Englishman as great as ever that of a Roman
Page 205 - The attendant angel is just about to leave the threshold, and ascend to heaven. And shall he ascend and not bear with him the news of one sinner, among all this multitude, reclaimed from the error of his ways...
Page 252 - Honor and shame from no condition rise ; Act well your part, there all the honor lies.
Page 283 - Richard, with an air of the utmost importance, to come very early to his house the next morning. Mr. Savage came as he had promised, found the chariot at the door, and sir Richard waiting for him, and ready to go out. What was intended, and whither they were to go, Savage could not conjecture, and was not willing to inquire ; but immediately seated himself with sir Richard.
Page 172 - I sat down, and began to write, without knowing in the least what I intended to say or relate. The work grew on my hands, and I grew fond of it— add, that I was very glad to think of anything, rather than politics.