 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,...  The Edinburgh Monthly Review - Page 1831821Full 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... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - United States - 1818 - 556 pages
...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...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 also one of our club,... | |
 | John Edwards Caldwell - 1818 - 780 pages
...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...; and he finished so admirably, that I emptied my pocket wholly into the collector's dish, gold and all ! At this sermon there was also one of our club,... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1818 - 596 pages
...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...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 also one of our club,... | |
 | English literature - 1818 - 594 pages
...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...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... | |
 | 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.... | |
 | 1818 - 588 pages
...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,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1818 - 566 pages
...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 - Evangelists - 1820 - 642 pages
...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...; 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... | |
 | Robert Southey - Methodism - 1820 - 856 pages
...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...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... | |
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