 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,...  Boswell's Life of Johnson: Life - Page 78by James Boswell - 1887Full view - About this book
 | England - 1824 - 758 pages
...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...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... | |
 | English literature - 1818 - 594 pages
...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 :...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
...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...concluded to give the copper. Another stroke of his oratorymade me ashamed of that, and determined me to give the silver, and he finished B0 admirably,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Philosophers - 1818 - 566 pages
...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...soften, and concluded to give the copper. Another ftroke of his oratory made me ashamed of that, and determined me to give the silver; and he finished.... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1818 - 566 pages
...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,... | |
 | Robert Southey - Methodism - 1820 - 856 pages
...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...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 - Evangelists - 1820 - 660 pages
...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...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 - Methodism - 1820 - 516 pages
...remember me to Betty ; tell her the accqunt is settled, and that 1 have nothing more against her.'" nothing from me. I had in my pocket a handful of copper money 4 three or four silver dollars, and five pistoles in gold. As he proceeded I began to soften, and concluded... | |
 | Joseph Clinton Robertson - 1822 - 206 pages
...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...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 pages
...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...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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