 | 1875 - 780 Seiten
...happened," says Franklin, " soon after to attend one of his sermons, in the course of which I discovered he intended to finish with a collection, and I silently...of copper money, three or four silver dollars, and two or three gold pistoles. As he proceeded I was softened, and concluded to give the copper ; another... | |
 | William Makepeace Thayer - 1875 - 298 Seiten
...taken, at the close of the meeting, he emptied his pockets of all the money ho had, which consisted of " a handful of copper money, three or four silver dollars, and five pistoles in gold." He sympathized deeply with the poor and needy, and espoused the cause of the oppressed in every land.... | |
 | Jeremiah Chaplin - 1876 - 416 Seiten
...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...dollars, and five pistoles in gold. As he proceeded I hegan to soften, and concluded to give the copper. Another stroke of his oratory made me ashamed of... | |
 | John Stevens Cabot Abbott - 1876 - 394 Seiten
...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...or four silver dollars, and five pistoles in gold, (about twenty-five dollars). As he proceeded I began to soften, and concluded to give the copper ;... | |
 | R. M. DEVENS - 1876 - 1014 Seiten
...collection, Franklin silently resolved that the preacher should get nothing from him, though he had in his pocket a handful of copper money, three or four silver dollars, and five pistoles in gold. As Whitefield proceeded, Franklin began to soften, and determined to give the copper. Another stroke of... | |
 | Kazlitt Arvine - 1877 - 926 Seiten
...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...of copper money, three or four silver dollars, and fue pistoles in gold. As he proceeded I began to soften, and concluded to give the copper. Another... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1883 - 866 Seiten
...Savannah, thinking Philadelphia the proper place for its erection, and he says : ' I silently resolved he should get nothing from me. I had in my pocket...oratory made me ashamed of that, and determined me to F've the silver ; and he finished so admirably, that emptied my pocket wholly into the collector's... | |
 | William Mathews - 1878 - 464 Seiten
...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...proceeded I began to soften, and concluded to give him the copper. Another stroke of his oratory made me ashamed of that, and determined me to give the... | |
 | William Edward Hartpole Lecky - 1878 - 784 Seiten
...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...four silver dollars, and five pistoles in gold. As be proceeded I began to soften, and concluded to give the copper. Another stroke of his oratory made... | |
 | Theodore Parker - 1878 - 360 Seiten
...collection, and I silently resolved that he should get nothing from me. I had in my pocket a himdful of copper money, three or four silver dollars, and...proceeded I began to soften, and concluded to give the coppers. Another stroke of his oratory made me ashamed of that, and determined me to give the silver.... | |
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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 dollars,... 
