The Encyclopedia of Anecdotes: Illustrative of Character and Events from Genuine SourcesWilliam Sams, Royal Library, 1828 - 636 Seiten |
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... hour , a person guessed that though there was no Dull Man at Greenwich , there was a Green Man at Dulwich , which the gentleman might probably mean ! This remark connected the broken chain , and our poet took his chop by him- self . The ...
... hour , a person guessed that though there was no Dull Man at Greenwich , there was a Green Man at Dulwich , which the gentleman might probably mean ! This remark connected the broken chain , and our poet took his chop by him- self . The ...
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... hours by your execrable noise . You must have been suborned ; you have been hired to destroy me ; you have joined with assassins , to stab me in the vulner- able part . " — " No , Sir , I assure you I was not hired ; I abhor the idea ...
... hours by your execrable noise . You must have been suborned ; you have been hired to destroy me ; you have joined with assassins , to stab me in the vulner- able part . " — " No , Sir , I assure you I was not hired ; I abhor the idea ...
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... hours after . Henry III . being informed of the affair , gave orders to several officers to march with their troops and raze the castle of Miraumont to the ground . This news spreading throughout the pro- vince , where Madame de ...
... hours after . Henry III . being informed of the affair , gave orders to several officers to march with their troops and raze the castle of Miraumont to the ground . This news spreading throughout the pro- vince , where Madame de ...
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... hour afterwards he received a message , with credentials for the Court of Portugal . " Tell the First Consul , " replied he to the messenger , " that I shall not stir from Paris till I please . " This was at ten o'clock at night . Early ...
... hour afterwards he received a message , with credentials for the Court of Portugal . " Tell the First Consul , " replied he to the messenger , " that I shall not stir from Paris till I please . " This was at ten o'clock at night . Early ...
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... hour . Which of you would do so for me ? " Louis XIV . was told that Lord Stair was one of the best bred men in Europe . " I shall soon put him to the test , " said the King ; and asking Lord Stair to take an airing with him , as soon ...
... hour . Which of you would do so for me ? " Louis XIV . was told that Lord Stair was one of the best bred men in Europe . " I shall soon put him to the test , " said the King ; and asking Lord Stair to take an airing with him , as soon ...
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Seite 92 - 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.
Seite 103 - During the whole of this interview, Johnson talked to his majesty with profound respect, but still in his firm manly manner, with a sonorous voice, and never in that subdued tone which is commonly used at the levee and in the drawing-room.
Seite 100 - No man could have paid a handsomer compliment, and it was fit for a king to pay. It was decisive." When asked by another friend at sir Joshua Reynolds's, whether he made any reply to this high compliment, he answered, " No, sir; when the king had said it, it was to be so: it was not for me to bandy civilities with my sovereign.
Seite 205 - Use no hurtful deceit; think innocently and justly; and, if you speak, speak accordingly. 8. JUSTICE Wrong none by doing injuries, or omitting the benefits that are your duty. 9. MODERATION Avoid extremes; forbear resenting injuries so much as you think they deserve. 10. CLEANLINESS Tolerate no uncleanliness in body, clothes, or habitation. 11. TRANQUILLITY Be not disturbed at trifles, or at accidents common or unavoidable.
Seite 92 - I emptied my pocket wholly into the collector's dish, gold and all. At this sermon there was also one of our club, who, being of my sentiments respecting the building in Georgia, and suspecting a collection might be intended, had, by precaution, emptied his pockets before he came from home.
Seite 234 - I can never forget the inexpressible luxury and profaneness, gaming, and all dissoluteness, and as it were total forgetfulness of God, (it being Sunday evening,) which this day se'nnight I was witness of, the King sitting and toying with his concubines, Portsmouth...
Seite 577 - There is a lad here, which hath five barley- loaves and two small fishes: but what are they among so many?
Seite 60 - One day as the king was walking in the Mall, and talking with Dryden, he said, ' If I was a poet, (and I think I am poor enough to be one,) I would write a poem on such a subject in the following manner,' and then gave him the plan for it.
Seite 205 - Eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation. 2. SILENCE. Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself ; avoid trifling conversation. 3. ORDER. Let all your things have their places; let each part of your business have its time. 4. RESOLUTION. Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve. 5. FRUGALITY. Make no expense but to do good to others or yourself; ie, waste nothing.
Seite 552 - I did indeed ; and desired him that he would make some additions to my Lord Essex's army of some new regiments ; and I told him I would be serviceable to him in bringing such men in as I thought had a spirit that would do something in the work. This is very true that I tell you ; God knows I lie not. " Your troops," said I, " are most of them old decayed serving-men, and tapsters, and such kind of fellows ; and...