 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
 | William Chambers - 1853 - 858 pages
...collection, and I silently resolved he should got nothing from me. I had in my pocket a handful ol copper, three or four silver dollars, and five pistoles in...; and he finished so admirably, that I emptied my pocket wholly into the collector's dish, gold and all !" At this time there was no military defensive... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1853 - 428 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...'in gold. As he proceeded, I began to soften, and con' eluded to give the copper; another stroke of his oratory 'made me ashamed of that, and determined... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1853 - 424 pages
...get nothing from me. I had in my pocket a 6 handful of copper money, three or four silver dollars, 6 and five pistoles in gold. As he proceeded, I began...stroke of his oratory made me ashamed of that, and 6 determined me to give the silver ; and he finished { so admirably, that I emptied my pocket wholly... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1853 - 570 pages
...collection, and I silently resolved he should get " nothing from me. I had in my pocket a hand" ful of copper money, three or four silver dollars, " and...proceeded, I " began to soften, and concluded to give the cop" per ; another stroke of his oratory made me " ashamed of that, and determined me to give the "... | |
 | 1853 - 418 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...money, three or four silver dollars, and five pistoles 182 LONGBOWISMS. in gold. As he proceeded, I began to soften, and concluded to give the copper. Another... | |
 | Bristol tabernacle - 1854 - 196 pages
...the collection. He had in his pocket, copper and silver, besides several pistoles of gold. He writes, "As he proceeded, I began to soften, and concluded...; and he finished so admirably, that I emptied my pocket wholly into the collector's dish, gold and all." Hume, the acute sceptic and historian, thus... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1855 - 402 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,...; and he finished so admirably, that I emptied my pocket wholly into the collectors' dish, gold and all. At this sermon there was also one of our club,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1855 - 522 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...give the silver ; and he finished so admirably, that J emptied my pocket wholly into the collector's dish, gold and all. At thig sermon there was also one... | |
 | Christians - 1856 - 390 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." Henceforward we find Whitefield in "journeyings... | |
 | 1856 - 604 pages
...of which I perceived that he intended to finish with a collection, and I silently resolved that he should get nothing from me. I had in my pocket a handful...copper money, three or four silver dollars, and five gold pistoles. As he proceeded, I began to soften, and concluded to give the copper; another stroke... | |
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