 | 1805 - 590 pages
...confess that curiosity to hear the preacher of such a wilderness, was not the least of my motives. On entering I was struck with his preternatural appearance....head which was covered with a white linen cap, his shrivelled hands, and his voice, all shaking under the in—. fluence of a: palsy, in a- few moments... | |
 | American literature - 1804 - 496 pages
...confess that curiosity to hear the preacher of such a wilderness, was «4t the least of my motives. On entering, I was struck with his preternatural appearance....head, which was covered with a white linen cap, his shrivelled hands, and his voice were all shaking under the influence of a palsy, and a few moments... | |
 | William Wirt - United States - 1804 - 120 pages
...confess that curiosity to hear the preacher of such a wilderness, was not the least of my motives. On entering, I was struck with his preternatural appearance....head, which was covered with a white linen cap, his shrivelled hands, and his voice, all shaking under the influence of a palsy, in a few moments ascertained... | |
 | William Wirt - Virginia - 1805 - 144 pages
...confess, that curiosity to hear the preacher of such a wilderness, was not the least of my motives. On entering, I was struck with his preternatural appearance. He was a tall and very spare old man....his head, •which was covered with a white linen cap, his shrivelled hands, and his voice,... | |
 | David Ramsay - Enslaved persons - 1809 - 642 pages
...the road side. I had no dif" ficulty in understanding that this was a place of religious wor" ship. Curiosity to hear the preacher of such a wilderness...which was « covered with a white linen cap ; his shrivelled hands and " his voice were all shaking under the influence of a palsy, " and a few moments... | |
 | Increase Cooke - American literature - 1811 - 428 pages
...to hear the preacher of such a wilderness, was not the least of my motives. On entering the house, I was struck with his preternatural appearance. He was a tall and very ^pare old man...his head, which was covered with a white linen cap, his shivelled hands, and his voice,... | |
 | Garnet Terry - 1812 - 408 pages
...confess, that curiosity to hear the preacher of such a wilderness was not the least of my motives. On entering, I was struck with his preternatural appearance....head, which was covered with a white linen cap, his shrivelled hands, and his voice, were all shaking under the influence of a palsy ; and a few moments... | |
 | 1815 - 444 pages
...to hear the preacher of snch a wilderness wai not the least of my motives. On entering I was strnck with his preternatural appearance. He was a tall and...head, which was covered with a white linen cap, his shrivelled hands, and his voice, were all shaking under the influence of a palsy ; and a few moments... | |
 | Joshua Marsden - Bermuda Islands - 1816 - 324 pages
...hear the preacher of such a wilderness, was not the least of my motives: on entering, I was (truck with his preternatural appearance ;—he was a tall...man; his head, which was covered with a white linen fap, his shrivelled hands and his voice were all shaking under the influence of a palsy, and a few... | |
 | William Wirt - Virginia - 1829 - 250 pages
...confess, that curiosity, to hear the preacher of such a wilderness, was not the least of my motives. On entering, I was struck with his preternatural appearance....head, which was covered with a white linen cap, his shrivelled hands, and his voice, were all shaking under the influence of a palsy; and a few moments... | |
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Devotion alone should have stopped me, to join in the duties of the congregation ; but I must confess, that curiosity to hear the preacher of such a wilderness was not the least of my motives. 
