The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select, Volume 1J. Cumberland, 1826 - Anecdotes |
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... poor Macedonian soldier was one day leading before Alexander a mule laden with gold for the king's use ; the beast being so tired that he was not able either to go or sustain the load , the mule - driver took it off , and carried it ...
... poor Macedonian soldier was one day leading before Alexander a mule laden with gold for the king's use ; the beast being so tired that he was not able either to go or sustain the load , the mule - driver took it off , and carried it ...
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... poor super- annuated officer , who lived , with a family of ten chil- dren , in an indigent condition , at some distance from Vienna . The emperor enquired of several old officers whether they knew this man , and received from all of ...
... poor super- annuated officer , who lived , with a family of ten chil- dren , in an indigent condition , at some distance from Vienna . The emperor enquired of several old officers whether they knew this man , and received from all of ...
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... poor but honest parson , who is my near neighbour , and commit him to prison . The un- fortunate man has a large family of children ; and as his circumstances are but indifferent , if you will have the goodness to release him out of ...
... poor but honest parson , who is my near neighbour , and commit him to prison . The un- fortunate man has a large family of children ; and as his circumstances are but indifferent , if you will have the goodness to release him out of ...
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... 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 prevail on her to take it , agreed to ...
... 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 prevail on her to take it , agreed to ...
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... poor prisoners . " Due praise was given for this benevolent intention , which was directed to be put in force , together with an addition from their majesties and thus many a heart was relieved that never knew its benefactors . his THE ...
... poor prisoners . " Due praise was given for this benevolent intention , which was directed to be put in force , together with an addition from their majesties and thus many a heart was relieved that never knew its benefactors . his THE ...
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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...