The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select, Volume 1J. Cumberland, 1826 - Anecdotes |
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... relieved that never knew its benefactors . his THE PRINCE REGENT . A Captain Finucane , of the Gloucestershire Militia , died at Brighton in the autumn of 1800. The troops stationed there attended his funeral , and nothing could be more ...
... relieved that never knew its benefactors . his THE PRINCE REGENT . A Captain Finucane , of the Gloucestershire Militia , died at Brighton in the autumn of 1800. The troops stationed there attended his funeral , and nothing could be more ...
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... relieve ; feeling assured that the Treasury could never suffer from an advance made on the credit of the humanity of Frenchmen . THE GALLIES . The Abbe Dupaty , who , after the commencement of the French Revolution , made particular ...
... relieve ; feeling assured that the Treasury could never suffer from an advance made on the credit of the humanity of Frenchmen . THE GALLIES . The Abbe Dupaty , who , after the commencement of the French Revolution , made particular ...
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... RELIEVED . About the year 1735 , a pamphlet was published ' entitled " The Cure of Deism . " The author , Mr. Elisha Smith , had the misfortune to be confined in the Fleet Prison for a debt of two hundred pounds . Fortunately for him ...
... RELIEVED . About the year 1735 , a pamphlet was published ' entitled " The Cure of Deism . " The author , Mr. Elisha Smith , had the misfortune to be confined in the Fleet Prison for a debt of two hundred pounds . Fortunately for him ...
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... relieves , Prescribes , attends , the medicine makes and gives . Is there a variance ? enter but his door , Balk'd ... relieved my mind , by sending the enclosed note , and beg you will transmit it to the afflicted woman by to - morrow's ...
... relieves , Prescribes , attends , the medicine makes and gives . Is there a variance ? enter but his door , Balk'd ... relieved my mind , by sending the enclosed note , and beg you will transmit it to the afflicted woman by to - morrow's ...
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... relieve . The poor woman was in- stantly made happy , and the servant almost as in- stantly turned out of doors , with the following written testimonial of his conduct . " The bearer lived two years in my service , in which time he was ...
... relieve . The poor woman was in- stantly made happy , and the servant almost as in- stantly turned out of doors , with the following written testimonial of his conduct . " The bearer lived two years in my service , in which time he was ...
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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...