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... appeared in the assembly with his throat muffled up , and when called on to speak , he made signs that he had lost his voice ! To the honour of Athens , this act of abominable venality was not allowed to pass unpunished . It was the ...
... appeared in the assembly with his throat muffled up , and when called on to speak , he made signs that he had lost his voice ! To the honour of Athens , this act of abominable venality was not allowed to pass unpunished . It was the ...
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... appearance of Peter was mean , his stature small , his body meagre , and his countenance shrivelled ; but with these dis- advantages he had a keen and lively eye , and a ready eloquence . Being encouraged by Pope Urban II . he travelled ...
... appearance of Peter was mean , his stature small , his body meagre , and his countenance shrivelled ; but with these dis- advantages he had a keen and lively eye , and a ready eloquence . Being encouraged by Pope Urban II . he travelled ...
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... appeared at once the warrior and the queen ; the sacred feelings of the moment , superior to all the artifices of royal dignity and the tricks of royal condescension , inspired her with that impressive earnestness of look , of words ...
... appeared at once the warrior and the queen ; the sacred feelings of the moment , superior to all the artifices of royal dignity and the tricks of royal condescension , inspired her with that impressive earnestness of look , of words ...
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... appeared with a manly and undaunted countenance , and thus ad- dressed himself to Claudius . " If in my prosperity the moderation of my conduct had been equivalent to my birth and fortune , I should have come into this city , not as a ...
... appeared with a manly and undaunted countenance , and thus ad- dressed himself to Claudius . " If in my prosperity the moderation of my conduct had been equivalent to my birth and fortune , I should have come into this city , not as a ...
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... appeared to pervade almost the whole British navy , in 1797 , Admiral Duncan was blockading the Dutch fleet . The disaf- fection raged to such an extent in his squadron , that he was left with only three ships , but with these he still ...
... appeared to pervade almost the whole British navy , in 1797 , Admiral Duncan was blockading the Dutch fleet . The disaf- fection raged to such an extent in his squadron , that he was left with only three ships , but with these he still ...
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Page 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!
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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.