 | 1849 - 814 Seiten
...soften, and concluded to give the copper. Another stroke of his oratory made me ashamed of that, and determined me to give the silver, and he finished so admirably, that I emptied my pockets wholly into the collector's dish, gold and all. At this sermon there was also one of our club,... | |
 | 1851 - 426 Seiten
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 | Kazlitt Arvine - 1850 - 882 Seiten
...soften, and concluded to give the copper. Another stroke of his oratory made me ashamed of that, and bad, by precaution, emptied his pockets before he came from home. Towards the conclusion of the discourse,... | |
 | James Wynne - 1850 - 372 Seiten
...soften, and concluded to give the copper. Another stroke of his oratory made me ashamed of that, and determined me to give the silver, and he finished...pocket wholly into the collector's dish, gold and all." Franklin, whose mind was almost instinctively turned towards philosophical pursuits, felt the want... | |
 | Catherine Sinclair - 1851 - 420 Seiten
...softened, and resolved to give the copper ; another stroke of oratory made me ashamed of that, and determined me to give the silver ; and he finished...pocket wholly into the collector's dish, gold and all !" It is curious with respect both to wealth and talents that people are respected for what they are... | |
 | Henry Mandeville - 1851 - 288 Seiten
...soften, and concluded to give him the copper; another stroke of his oratory made me ashamed of that, and determined me to give the silver ; and he finished...that I emptied my pocket wholly into the collector's 7 dish, gold and all. At this sermon," continued Franklin, " there was also one of our club, who being... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1853 - 522 Seiten
...soften, and concluded to give the copper. Another stroke of his oratory made me ashamed of that, and determined me to give the silver; and he finished...sentiments respecting the building in Georgia, and suspectmg a collection might be intended, had, by precaution, emptied his pockets before he came from... | |
 | Historical Society of Pennsylvania - 1853 - 472 Seiten
...soften, and concluded to give the copper. Another stroke of his oratory made me ashamed of that, and determined me to give the silver ; and he finished...the collector's dish, gold and all. At this sermon, (continues Franklin,) there was also one of our Club, who being of my sentiments respecting the building... | |
 | William Chambers - 1853 - 858 Seiten
...soften, and concluded to give the copper. Another stroke of his oratory made me ashamed of that, and determined me to give the silver ; and he finished...into the collector's dish, gold and all !" At this time there was no military defensive force in Pennsylvania. The inhabitants were mostly Quokers, and... | |
 | Philip Henry Stanhope (5th earl.) - 1853 - 430 Seiten
...soften, and concluded to give the copper ; another " stroke of his oratory made me ashamed of that, and " determined me to give the silver ; and he finished...admirably, that I emptied my pocket wholly into " the collection, gold and all." It appears, however, that in general his manner was theatrical and his language... | |
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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 copper. Another stroke of his oratory made me ashamed of that, and determined me to give... 
