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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,... "
History of England from the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of Paris - Page 469
by Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1849
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Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 15

England - 1824 - 758 pages
...rejected my counsel, and I therefore refused to contribute. I happened, soon after, to attend one of his sermons, in the course of which I perceived he intended...I silently resolved he should get nothing from me. 1 had in my pocket a handful of copper money, three or four silver dollars, and five pistoles in gold....
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The British Review, and London Critical Journal, Volume 11

English literature - 1818 - 594 pages
...once characteristic of the preacher and of the hearer. " I happened soon after to attend one of his sermons, in the course of which I perceived he intended...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...
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Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin ...

Benjamin Franklin - Philosophers - 1818 - 566 pages
...rejected my counsel, and I therefore refused to contribute. I happened soon after to attend one of his sermons, in the course of which, I perceived he intended...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,...
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The Analectic Magazine ...: Comprising Original Reviews ..., Volume 11

1818 - 588 pages
...rejected my counsel, and I therefore refused to contribute. I happened soon after to attend one of his sermons, in the course of which, I perceived he intended...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,...
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The Life of Wesley: And the Rise and Progress of Methodism, Volumes 1-2

Robert Southey - Methodism - 1820 - 856 pages
...rejected my counsel, and I therefore refused to contribute. I happened, soon after, to attend one of his sermons, in the course of which I perceived he intended...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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The Life of Wesley: And the Rise and Progress of Methodism, Volume 2

Robert Southey - Evangelists - 1820 - 660 pages
...rejected my counsel, and I therefore refused to contribute. I happened, soon after, to attend one of his sermons, in the course of which I perceived he intended...dollars, and five pistoles in gold. As he proceeded 1 began to soften, and concluded to give the copper ; another stroke of his oratory made me ashamed...
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The Life of Wesley: And the Rise and Progress of Methodism, Volumes 1-2

Robert Southey - Methodism - 1820 - 516 pages
...rejected my counsel, and I therefore refused to contribute. I happened, soon after, to attend one of his sermons, in the course of which I perceived he intended...collection, and I silently resolved he should get * Mr. Winter relates a curions anecdote of his preaching at a maid-servant who had displeased him by...
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The Edinburgh Monthly Review, Volume 5

1821 - 732 pages
...characteristic of the preacher and of himself. ' I happened,' says the Doctor, ' to attend one of his sermons, in the course of which I perceived he intended...finish with a collection, and I silently resolved lie should get nothing from me. I had in my pocket a handful of copper, money, three or four silver...
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The Percy anecdotes, by Sholto and Reuben Percy. (Eloquence).

Joseph Clinton Robertson - 1822 - 206 pages
...characteristic of the preacher and of himself. " I happened," says the doctor, " to attend one of his sermons, in the course of which I perceived he intended...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...
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A thousand notable things, embracing a collection of scarce receipts, &c. To ...

Thousand notable things - 1822 - 604 pages
...characteristic of the preacher and of himself. ' I happened,' says the doctor, ' to attend one of his sermons, in the course of which I perceived he intended...dollars, and five pistoles in gold. As he proceeded, 1 began to soften, and concluded to give the copper. Another stroke of his oratory made me ashamed...
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