 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 Quarterly Review - Page 477publié par - 1857Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | 1866 - 824 pages
...preach on behalf of a charity to which he was resolved not to contribute. He says : " I had in my pocket a handful of copper money, three or four silver dollars,...and concluded to give the copper ; another stroke of bin oratory made me ashamed of that, and determined me to give the silver ; and he finished so admirably... | |
 | Anna Maria Hall - 842 pages
...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 - 1846 - 566 pages
...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,...ashamed of that, and determined me to give the silver ; and he finished so admirably, that I emptied my pocket wholly into the collector's dish, gold and... | |
 | 1846 - 644 pages
...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... | |
 | 1847 - 666 pages
...finish with a rr "^'-''"a, 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,...ashamed of that, and determined me to give the silver ; and he finished so admirably, that I emptied my pocket wholly into the collector's dish, gold and... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - 1848 - 676 pages
...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,...ashamed of that, and determined me to give the silver; and he finished so admirably, that I emptied my pocket wholly into the collector's dish, gold and all.... | |
 | Kazlitt Arvine - 1848 - 908 pages
...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,...ashamed of that, and determined me to give the silver ; and he finished so admirably, that I emptied my pocket wholly into the collector's dish, — gold... | |
 | Orville Luther Holley - 1848 - 534 pages
...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,...ashamed of that, and determined me to give the silver ; and he finished so admirably, that I emptied my pocket wholly into the" collector's dish, gold and... | |
 | 1849 - 814 pages
...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,...ashamed of that, and determined me to give the silver, and he finished so admirably, that I emptied my pockets wholly into the collector's dish, gold and... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1849 - 602 pages
...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,...ashamed of that, and determined me to give the silver ; and he finished so admirably, that I emptied my pocket wholly into the collection, gold and all."... | |
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