 | 1818 - 588 pàgines
...resolute in his first project, rejected my counsel, and I therefore refused to contribute. I happened soon after to attend one of his sermons, in the course...concluded to give the copper. Another stroke of his oratorymade me ashamed of that, and determined me to give the silver, and he finished B0 admirably,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 566 pàgines
...resolute in his first project, rejected my counsel, and I therefore refused to contribute. I happened soon after to attend one of his sermons, in the course...soften, and concluded to give the copper. Another ftroke of his oratory made me ashamed of that, and determined me to give the silver; and he finished.... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1820 - 856 pàgines
...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, and five pistoles in...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... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1820 - 660 pàgines
...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, 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... | |
 | 1821 - 732 pàgines
...I silently resolved lie should get nothing from me. I had in my pocket a handful of copper, money, three or four silver dollars, and five pistoles in...; and he finished so admirably, that I emptied my pockets wholly into the collector's dish, gold and all. " At this sermon there was also one of our... | |
 | Joseph Clinton Robertson - 1822 - 206 pàgines
...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, 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... | |
 | Thousand notable things - 1822 - 604 pàgines
...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, 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... | |
 | 1825 - 342 pàgines
...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. " 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 de" termined... | |
 | 1826 - 376 pàgines
...from me. I had in my pocket a handful of copper money, three or four silver dollars, and five pistols in gold. As he proceeded, I began to soften, and concluded...Another stroke of his oratory made me ashamed of that, ami determined me to give the silver; and he finished so admirably, that I emptied my pocket wholly... | |
 | Reuben Percy - 1826 - 386 pàgines
...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, 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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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,... 
