 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 Seiten
...not have believed it. An you sore of it? replied the curate. A soldier, an* please your reverence, ght Singeth a quiet tune. Till noon we quietly sailed...breathe ; Slowly and smoothly went the ship, Moved onwa ha.4 the most reason to pray to God of any one in the whole world. 'Twas well said of thee, Trim, said... | |
 | 1844 - 520 Seiten
...the army," replies, — " A soldier, an' please your reverence, prays aa often (of his own accord) aa a parson ; and when he is fighting for his king, and for his own life, and for his honour ton, he has the most reason to pray to God of any one in the whole world : but when a soldier, an'... | |
 | Jesse Olney - 1845 - 348 Seiten
...have believed it. _Are you sure of it ? replied the curate. A soldier, an't please your reverence, said I, prays as often (of his own accord) as a parson ; — and when ne is fighting for his king, and for his own life, and for his honor too, he has the most reason to... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 560 Seiten
...believed it.' ' Are you surei<af it?' replied the curate. ' A soldier, an' please your reverence,' said I, ' prays as often (of his own accord) as a parson ; and when l)«;w fighting for his king and for his own life, and for his honour toot bphas the most reason to... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - 1847 - 420 Seiten
...have believed it.... Are you sure of it? replied the Curate.... A soldier,.an' please your Reverence, said I, prays as often (of his own accord) as a parson ; and wheft he is fighting for his king, and for his own life, and for his honour too, he has the most reason... | |
 | David Bates Tower - 1853 - 444 Seiten
...often, of his own accord, as any man ; and when he is fighting for his own life, and for his own rights, he has the most reason to pray to God of any one in...'Twas well said of thee, Trim," said my uncle Toby. 1 But when a soldier,' said I, ' an't please your reverence, has been standing for twelve hours together... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - 1849 - 504 Seiten
...believed it. — Are you sure of it? replied the Curate. — A soldier, an' please your reverence, said I, prays as often (of his own accord) as a parson...reason to pray to God of any one in the whole world. — 'T was well said of thee , Trim, said my uncle Toby. — But when a soldier, said I, an' pleasu... | |
 | Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 Seiten
...not have believed it. Are you sure of it ? replied the curate. A soldier, an' please your reverence, said I, prays as often (of his own accord) as a parson...Toby. But when a soldier, said I, an' please your reverence, has been standing for twelve hours together, in the trenches, np to his knees in cold water,... | |
 | Arthur Wellesley Torrens - 1851 - 126 Seiten
...century agof. The • Fall of Napoleon, Vol. HI., p. 61. •(• " A soldier, an' please your reverence," said I, "prays as often (of his own accord) as a parson...reason to pray to God of any one in the whole world." meaning, however, is perhaps not this ; and it is merely intended to stigmatize the profession in its... | |
 | William Enfield, James Pycroft - 1851 - 422 Seiten
...have believed it. — Are you sure of it? replied the curate. A soldier, an' please your reverence, said I, prays as often (of his own accord) as a parson...reason to pray to God of any one in the whole world. — "Pwas well said of thee, Trim, said my uncle Toby. — But when a soldier, said I, an' please your... | |
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I heard the poor gentleman say his prayers last night, said the landlady, very devoutly, and with my own ears, or I could not have believed it. Are you sure of it ? replied the curate. A soldier, an' please your reverence, said I, prays as often (of his... 
