 | Christians - 1856 - 390 Seiten
...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...wholly into the collector's dish — gold and all." Henceforward we find Whitefield in "journeyings often," and " in perils " by sea and land. He was a... | |
 | 1856 - 604 Seiten
...I had in my pocket a handful of copper money, three or four silver dollars, and five gold pistoles. As he proceeded, I began to soften, and concluded...wholly into the collector's dish — gold and all I At this sermon there was also one of the club, who being of my sentiments respecting the building... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1857 - 706 Seiten
...in my pocket,' writes the American, in his fascinating Autobiography, 'a handful of copper "money, three or four silver dollars, and five pistoles in...ashamed of that, and determined me to give the silver ; aftd he finished so admirably, that I emptied my pocket wholly into the collector's dish, gold and... | |
 | 1857 - 540 Seiten
...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, and determined to give the copper. Another stroke of his oratory made me ashamed of that, and determined... | |
 | William Buell Sprague - 1859 - 854 Seiten
...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...that, and determined me to give the silver, and he fmished so admirably that I emptied my pocket wholly into the collector's dish, gold and all. At this... | |
 | William Buell Sprague - 1859 - 992 Seiten
...me. I had in my pocket a handful of copper money, three or four silver dollars, and five pistoles irt gold. As he proceeded, I began to soften, and concluded...ashamed of that, and determined me to give the silver, aud he finished so admirably that I emptied my pocket wholly into the collector's dish, gold and all.... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1859 - 680 Seiten
...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...copper. Another stroke of his oratory made me ashamed ofthat, and determined me to give the silver ; and he finished so admirably, that I emptied my pocket... | |
 | Anne Mathews - 1860 - 380 Seiten
...or four silver dollars, and five pistoles in gold. As the preacher went on, I softened, and resolved to give the copper; another stroke of his oratory...wholly into the collector's dish, — gold and all." Dear Leigh Hunt, in his charming manner, used to tell a story of two London -bred children going, some... | |
 | James Parton - 1864 - 668 Seiten
...advice being rejected, he determined not to subscribe. 'i I happened soon after," says Franklin, " to attend one of his sermons, in the course of which...stroke of his oratory made me ashamed of that, and 11* determined me to give the silver ; and he finished so admirably, that I emptied my pocket wholly... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1864 - 662 Seiten
...silently resolved he should get nothing from me. I had in my pocket a handful of copper money, throe or four silver dollars, and five pistoles in gold....emptied my pocket wholly into the collector's dish, gold3 and all." Betty ; tell her the account is settled, stop, ere you enter the sacred portals, and... | |
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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... 
