 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...  The Juvenile instructor and companion - Page 261by Young people - 1869Full view - About this book
 | Anna Maria Hall - 842 pages
...perceived he intended to finish with a collection, and I silently resolved ho should get nothing from me. I had in my pocket a handful of copper money, three or four silver dollars, and five pistoles iu gold. As he proceeded I began to soften, and concluded to give the copper. Another stroke of his... | |
 | Robert Southey - Methodism - 1846 - 566 pages
...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...stroke of his oratory made me ashamed of that, and determined me to give the silver ; and he finished so admirably, that I emptied my pocket wholly into... | |
 | Protestantism - 1846 - 644 pages
...intended to finish with a collection, and I silently resolved that he should get nothing from me. 1 had in my pocket a handful of 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... | |
 | Anecdotes - 1847 - 666 pages
...perceived he intended to finish with a rr "^'-''"a, and I silently resolved he should get nothing from me. determined me to give the silver ; and he finished so admirably, that I emptied my pocket wholly into... | |
 | Kazlitt Arvine - Anecdotes - 1848 - 908 pages
...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...stroke of his oratory made me ashamed of that, and determined me to give the silver ; and he finished so admirably, that I emptied my pocket wholly into... | |
 | Orville Luther Holley - Inventors - 1848 - 522 pages
...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...stroke of his oratory made me ashamed of that, and determined me to give the silver; and he finished so admirably, that I emptied my pocket wholly into... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - Statesmen - 1848 - 676 pages
...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...stroke of his oratory made me ashamed of that, and determined me to give the silver; and he finished so admirably, that I emptied my pocket wholly into... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - Great Britain - 1849 - 602 pages
...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...stroke of his oratory made me ashamed of that, and determined me to give the silver ; and he finished so admirably, that I emptied my pocket wholly into... | |
 | Joseph Belcher - Clergy - 1849 - 490 pages
...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...stroke of his oratory made me ashamed of that, and determined me to give the silver ; and he finished so admirably, that I emptied my pocket wholly into... | |
 | 1849 - 320 pages
...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 of copper money, three...stroke of his oratory made me ashamed of that, and determined me to give the silver; and he finished so admirably, that I emptied my pocket wholly into... | |
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