 | Catherine Sinclair - 1851 - 420 trang
...pistoles in gold. As the preacher went on, I softened, and resolved to give the copper ; another stroke of oratory made me ashamed of that, and determined me...; and he finished so admirably, that I emptied my pocket wholly into the collector's dish, gold and all !" It is curious with respect both to wealth... | |
 | Historical Society of Pennsylvania - 1853 - 472 trang
...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 concluded to...silver ; and he finished so admirably that I emptied my pocket wholly into the collector's dish, gold and all. At this sermon, (continues Franklin,) there... | |
 | Philip Henry Stanhope (5th earl.) - 1853 - 430 trang
...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 concluded...and he finished " so admirably, that I emptied my pocket wholly into " the collection, gold and all." It appears, however, that in general his manner... | |
 | William Chambers - 1853 - 858 trang
...me. I had in my pocket a handful ol copper, three or four silver dollars, and five pistoles in gold. As he proceeded, I began to soften, and concluded...; and he finished so admirably, that I emptied my pocket wholly into the collector's dish, gold and all !" At this time there was no military defensive... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1853 - 522 trang
...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 concluded to...silver; and he finished so admirably, that I emptied my pocket wholly into the collector's dish, gold and all. At this sermon there was also one of our club,... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1853 - 428 trang
...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...'silver; and he finished so admirably, that I emptied my 'pocket wholly into the collection, gold and all." It appears, however, that in general his manner... | |
 | 1853 - 418 trang
...handful of copper money, three or four silver dollars, and five pistoles 182 LONGBOWISMS. in gold. As he proceeded, I began to soften, and concluded...ashamed of that, and determined me to give the silver : mnd he finished so admirably, that I emptied my pocket wholly into the collectors dish, gold and... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1853 - 424 trang
...in my pocket a 6 handful of copper money, three or four silver dollars, 6 and five pistoles in gold. As he proceeded, I began ' to soften, and concluded...stroke of his oratory made me ashamed of that, and 6 determined me to give the silver ; and he finished { so admirably, that I emptied my pocket wholly... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1853 - 570 trang
...in my pocket a hand" ful of copper money, three or four silver dollars, " and five pistoles in gold. As he proceeded, I " began to soften, and concluded to give the cop" per ; another stroke of his oratory made me " ashamed of that, and determined me to give the "... | |
 | Bristol tabernacle - 1854 - 196 trang
...the collection. He had in his pocket, copper and silver, besides several pistoles of gold. He writes, "As he proceeded, I began to soften, and concluded...; and he finished so admirably, that I emptied my pocket wholly into the collector's dish, gold and all." Hume, the acute sceptic and historian, thus... | |
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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,... 
