 | 1824 - 758 Seiten
...refused to contribute. I happened, soon after, to attend one of his sermons, in the course of which I perceived he intended to finish with a collection,...I silently resolved he should get nothing from me. 1 had in my pocket a handful of copper money, three or four silver dollars, and five pistoles in gold.... | |
 | 1818 - 594 Seiten
...preacher and of the hearer. " I happened soon after to attend one of his sermons, in the course of which I perceived he intended to finish with a collection,...four silver dollars, and five pistoles in gold : as lie proceeded I began to soften, and concluded to give the copper. Another stroke of his oratory made... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 566 Seiten
...refused to contribute. I happened soon after to attend one of his sermons, in the course of which, I perceived he intended to finish with a collection,...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,... | |
 | 1818 - 588 Seiten
...refused to contribute. I happened soon after to attend one of his sermons, in the course of which, I perceived he intended to finish with a collection,...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,... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1820 - 856 Seiten
...refused to contribute. I happened, soon after, to attend one of his sermons, in the course of which I perceived he intended to finish with a collection,...soften, and concluded to give the copper ; another * One of his flights of oratory, not in the best taste, is related on Hume's authority " After a solemn... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1820 - 660 Seiten
...refused to contribute. I happened, soon after, to attend one of his sermons, in the course of which I perceived he intended to finish with a collection,...dollars, and five pistoles in gold. As he proceeded 1 began to soften, and concluded to give the copper ; another stroke of his oratory made me ashamed... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1820 - 516 Seiten
...refused to contribute. 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 * Mr. Winter relates a curions anecdote of his preaching at a maid-servant who had displeased him by... | |
 | 1821 - 732 Seiten
...of himself. ' I happened,' says the Doctor, ' to attend one of his sermons, in the course of which I perceived he intended to finish with a collection, and I silently resolved lie should get nothing from me. I had in my pocket a handful of copper, money, three or four silver... | |
 | Joseph Clinton Robertson - 1822 - 206 Seiten
...of himself. " I happened," says the doctor, " to attend one of his sermons, in the course of which I perceived he intended to finish with a collection,...dollars, and five pistoles in gold. As he proceeded, I hegan to soften, and concluded to give the copper. Another stroke of his oratory made me ashamed of... | |
 | Thousand notable things - 1822 - 604 Seiten
...of himself. ' I happened,' says the doctor, ' to attend one of his sermons, in the course of which I perceived he intended to finish with a collection,...dollars, and five pistoles in gold. As he proceeded, 1 began to soften, and concluded to give the copper. Another stroke of his oratory made me ashamed... | |
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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,... 
