The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select [by] Sholto and Reuben Percy, Brothers of the Benedictine Monastery, Mont Benger, Volume 16T. Boys, 1826 - Anecdotes |
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... tell his wife to make amends to the abbot , that he might absolve him ; for he could have no rest till then . So this was done , and the poor soul at length went to rest . " In a sermon upon the mass , a priest told his hearers , among ...
... tell his wife to make amends to the abbot , that he might absolve him ; for he could have no rest till then . So this was done , and the poor soul at length went to rest . " In a sermon upon the mass , a priest told his hearers , among ...
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... tell his majesty to his face , that he had been deceived by many lying prophets , while himself , as a true Micaiah , warned him that the dogs should lick his blood , as they had licked the blood of Ahab . Henry bore this outrageous ...
... tell his majesty to his face , that he had been deceived by many lying prophets , while himself , as a true Micaiah , warned him that the dogs should lick his blood , as they had licked the blood of Ahab . Henry bore this outrageous ...
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... tell you ; but the saying is , that since priests have been minters , money hath been worse than it was before . " In another part of his discourse , the good bishop proceeds to ask , " Is there never a nobleman to be a Lord President ...
... tell you ; but the saying is , that since priests have been minters , money hath been worse than it was before . " In another part of his discourse , the good bishop proceeds to ask , " Is there never a nobleman to be a Lord President ...
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... tell how . Its ways are unaccountable and inexplicable , being answerable to the numberless rovings of fancy , and windings of language . It raiseth admiration , as signifying a nimble sagacity of apprehension , a special felicity of ...
... tell how . Its ways are unaccountable and inexplicable , being answerable to the numberless rovings of fancy , and windings of language . It raiseth admiration , as signifying a nimble sagacity of apprehension , a special felicity of ...
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... tell me which is the worst horse , I will bet upon that . " " But why , madam , " asked Sterne , " do you make so strange a choice ? " " Because , " said the lady , " you know the race is not always to the swift , nor the battle to the ...
... tell me which is the worst horse , I will bet upon that . " " But why , madam , " asked Sterne , " do you make so strange a choice ? " " Because , " said the lady , " you know the race is not always to the swift , nor the battle to the ...
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Page 93 - If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
Page 3 - Love thyself last: cherish those hearts that hate thee; Corruption wins not more than honesty. Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace, To silence envious tongues. Be just, and fear not. Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country's, Thy God's, and truth's; then if thou fall'st, O Cromwell, Thou fall'st a blessed martyr!
Page 22 - Tis that which we all see and know." Any one better apprehends what it is by acquaintance than I can inform him by description. It is indeed a thing so versatile and multiform, appearing in so many shapes, so many postures, so many garbs, so variously apprehended by several eyes and judgments, that it seemeth no less hard to settle a clear and certain notion thereof than to make a portrait of Proteus, or to define the figure of the fleeting air.
Page 156 - His person, it is to be confessed, is no small recommendation; but he is to be highly commended for not losing that advantage, and adding to the propriety of speech, which might pass the criticism of Longinus, an action which would have been approved by Demosthenes. He has a peculiar force in his way, and has many of his audience who could not be intelligent hearers of his discourse, were there not explanation as well as grace in his action. This art of his is used with the most exact and honest...
Page 55 - My lord, your father would have gone further :" to which the duke answered, " Your majesty's father was the better man, and he would not have gone so far.
Page 12 - at the Mount of St Mary's, in the stony stage where I now stand, I have brought you some fine biscuits, baked in the oven of charity, carefully conserved for the chickens of the church, the sparrows of the spirit, and the sweet swallows of salvation.
Page 60 - There prevailed in those days an indecent custom : when the preacher touched any favourite topic in a manner that delighted his audience, their approbation was expressed by a loud hum, continued in proportion to their zeal or pleasure. When Burnet preached, part of his congregation hummed so loudly and so long, that he sat down to enjoy it, and rubbed his face with his handkerchief. When Sprat preached, he likewise was honoured with the like animating hum ; but he stretched out his hand to the congregation,...
Page 4 - Behold the picture ! — Is it like ? — Like whom ? The things that mount the rostrum with a skip, And then skip down again : pronounce a text, Cry, hem ! and, reading -what they never wrote Just fifteen minutes, huddle up their work, And with a well-bred whisper close the scene.
Page 141 - When I preach I sink myself deeply down, I regard neither doctors nor masters, of which there are . in the church above forty. But I have an eye to the multitude of young people, children, and servants, of which there are more than two thousand.
Page 106 - I beseech you, brethren," he wrote, "by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.