 | England - 1824 - 758 pages
...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 pocket wholly into the collector's dish, gold§ and all.' " + Mr Winter relates a curious anecdote of his preaching at a maid- servant who had displeased him... | |
 | John Edwards Caldwell - 1818 - 780 pages
...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 pocket wholly into the...who being of my sentiments respecting the building at Georgia, and suspecting a collection might be intended, had by precaution emptied his pockets before... | |
 | Robert Southey - Methodism - 1820 - 856 pages
...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 pocket wholly into the collector's dish, gold* and all." No wonder that such a preacher should be admired and followed in a country where the habits of the... | |
 | Robert Southey - Evangelists - 1820 - 642 pages
...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 pocket wholly into the collector's dish, gold * and all." No wonder that such a preacher should be admired and followed in a country where the habits of the... | |
 | 1821 - 732 pages
...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, who, hearing of my sentiments respecting the building in Georgia, and suspecting a cr.llection might be... | |
 | Joseph Clinton Robertson - 1822 - 206 pages
...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 pocket wholly into the...this sermon there was also one of our club ; who, heing of my sentiments respecting the building in Georgia, and suspecting a collection might he intended,... | |
 | Scotland - 1824 - 792 pages
...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 pocket wholly into the collector's dish, gold§ and all.' " + Mr Winter relates a curious anecdote of his preaching at a maid-servant who had displeased him... | |
 | Anecdotes - 1825 - 342 pages
...his oratory made me ashamed of that, and de" termined me to give the silver; and he finish-, " ed so admirably, that I emptied my pocket " wholly into...respecting the " building in Georgia, and suspecting a collec" tion might be intended, had by precaution " emptied his pockets before he came from " home... | |
 | 1829 - 140 pages
...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 pocket wholly into 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... | |
 | George Ramsay - Anecdotes - 1828 - 654 pages
...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 pocket wholly into the...collector's dish, gold and all ! At this sermon there was one of our club, who, being of my sentiments respecting the building in Georgia, and suspecting a collection... | |
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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... 
