 | England - 1824 - 758 pages
...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 nothing from me. 1 had in my pocket a handful of copper money, three or four silver dollars, and five pistoles in gold.... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1818 - 596 pages
...soon after,' says Dr. Franklin, ' to attend one of his sermons, in the course of which I perceived he intended to finish with a collection, and I silently...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... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - United States - 1818 - 556 pages
...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...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... | |
 | John Edwards Caldwell - 1818 - 780 pages
...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...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... | |
 | English literature - 1818 - 594 pages
...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, and I silently...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... | |
 | 1818 - 588 pages
...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...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,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1818 - 566 pages
...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...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 - Methodism - 1820 - 856 pages
...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...four silver dollars, and five pistoles in gold. As he proceeded I began to soften, and concluded to give the copper ; another * One of his flights of... | |
 | Robert Southey - Evangelists - 1820 - 642 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Robert Southey - Methodism - 1820 - 516 pages
...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... | |
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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,... 
