| Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 668 páginas
...pistoles in gold. As he proceeded I began to soften, and concluded to give the copper. Another stroke of his oratory made me ashamed of that, and determined...he finished so admirably, that I emptied my pocket jwholly into the collector's dish, gold and all./ At this sermon there was also one of our club, who,... | |
| 1840 - 526 páginas
...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 that, and determined...; and he finished so admirably, that I emptied my pockets into the collector's dish, gold and all !' But the conduct of one of Franklin's friends, who... | |
| George Willson - 1840 - 298 páginas
...pistoles in gold. As he proceeded, I began to soften, and concluded to give the copper. Another stroke of his oratory made me ashamed of that, and determined me to give the silver ; and he finished so 5 admirably, that I emptied my pocket wholly into the collector's dish, gold and all. At this sermon... | |
| Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1841 - 464 páginas
...in gold. As he proceeded, I " began to soften, and concluded to give the copper ; another stroke " of his oratory made me ashamed of that, and determined...admirably, that I emptied my " pocket wholly into the collection, gold and all." It appears, however, that in general his manner was theatrical and his language... | |
| 1842 - 194 páginas
...pistoles in gold ; as he proceeded, I began to soften, and concluded to give the copper. Another stroke of his oratory made me ashamed of that, and determined...pocket wholly into the collector's dish, gold and all! 11. "At this sermon there was also one of our club, who, being of my sentiments respecting the building... | |
| Aaron Crossley Hobart Seymour - 1844 - 588 páginas
...pistoles in gold; as he proceeded I begun to soften, and concluded to give the copper; another stroke of his oratory made me ashamed of that, and determined...the collector's dish, gold and all! At this sermon U,ere was also one of our club, who, being of my sentiments respecting the building in Georgia, and... | |
| 1866 - 822 páginas
...in gold. As he proceeded I began to soften, and concluded to give the copper ; another stroke of bin oratory made me ashamed of that, and determined me...give the silver ; and he finished so admirably that 1 emptied my pocket wholly into the collector's dish, gold and all." It is, perhaps, well for some... | |
| 1846 - 644 páginas
...gold pistoles. As he proceeded, I began to soften, and concluded to give the copper; another stroke riod, under strong religious convictions, which, in...best source from which to draw. " I had a variety," the club, who being of my sentiments respecting^he building in Georgia, and suspecting a collection... | |
| 1847 - 666 páginas
...pistoles in gold. As he proceeded, I began to soften, and concluded to give the copper. Another stroke of his oratory made me ashamed of that, and determined...our club ; who being of my sentiments respecting the bnilding in Georgia, and suspecting a collection might be intended, had by precantion emptied his pockets... | |
| Robert Southey - 1847 - 472 páginas
...pistoles in gold. As he proceeded, I began to soften, and concluded to give the copper; another stroke of his oratory made me ashamed of that, and determined...pocket wholly into the collector's dish, gold and all."t No wonder that such a preacher should be admired and * One of his flights of oratory, not in... | |
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