 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,...  Colonial Prose and Poetry - Página 215editado por - 1901Visualização completa - Sobre este livro
 | 1825 - 342 páginas
...an anecdote equally characteristic of the preacher and of himself. " I happened," says the Doctor, " to attend one of his sermons, in " the course of which I perceived he intended to " 6nish with a collection, and I silently resolved " he should get nothing from me. 1 had in " my pocket... | |
 | Reuben Percy - 1826 - 386 páginas
...an anecdote equally characteristic of the preacher and of himself. " I happened," says the doctor, " to attend one of his sermons, in the course of which...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... | |
 | 1826 - 376 páginas
...an anecdote equally characteristic of the preacher and of himself. " I happened," says the doctor, " to attend one of his sermons, in the course of which...copper money, three or four silver dollars, and five pistols in gold. As he proceeded, I began to soften, and concluded to give the copper. Another stroke... | |
 | 1829 - 140 páginas
...the course of which 1 perceived he intended to finish witb a collection, and I silently resolved be 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, and concluded... | |
 | George Ramsay - 1828 - 654 páginas
...affords a lively picture of the extraordinary powers of that divine. " I happened," says the doctor, " soon after to attend one of his sermons, in the course...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,... | |
 | 1828 - 244 páginas
...an anecdote equally characteristic of the preacher and ot himself. " I happened," says the doctor, " to attend one of his sermons, in the course of which...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.... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - 1829 - 770 páginas
...anecdote equally characteristic of the preacher and of himself. " I happened, " says the Doctor, " to attend one of his sermons, in " the course of which...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... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1833 - 312 páginas
...anecdote 60 equally characteristic of the preacher and of himself. " I happened," says the doctor, "to attend one of his sermons, in the course of which...he should get nothing from me. I had in my pocket a 65 handful of copper mon«v^ three or four silver dollars, and five pistoles in gold. As he proceeded,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1834 - 682 páginas
...but he was resolute in his first project, rejected my counsel, and I therefore refused to contribute. » collection, and I silently resolved he should get nothing from me : I had in my pocket a handful... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1838 - 520 páginas
...he, " to attend one of Mr. White" field's sermons, in the course of which I per- CHAP. VTV " ceived he intended to finish with a collection, ,"'•''. " and I silently resolved he should get nothing MBTHO" from me. I had in my pocket a handful of " copper money, three or four silver dollars, and "... | |
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