 | Benjamin Franklin - 1886 - 156 trang
...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...proceeded I began to soften, and concluded to give the coppers. Another stroke of his oratory made me ashamed of that, and determined me to give the silver... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1886 - 256 trang
...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...proceeded I began to soften, and concluded to give the coppers. Another stroke of his oratory made me ashamed of that, and determined me to give the silver;... | |
 | Holland Nimmons McTyeire - 1888 - 742 trang
...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...another stroke of his oratory made me ashamed of that arid determined me to give the silver; and he finished so ~.linirably that I emptied my pocket into... | |
 | M. J. Guest - 1888 - 622 trang
...in the course of which I perceived he intended to finish with a collection, and .1 silently resolved he should get nothing from me. I had in my pocket...copper. Another stroke of his oratory made me ashamed of this, and determined me to give the silver, and he finished so admirably that I emptied my pocket wholly... | |
 | Russell Frank Weigley, Nicholas B. Wainwright, Edwin Wolf - 1982 - 870 trang
...he attended one of Whitefield's sermons on the subject, and as he tells it: ... I silently resolved he should get nothing from me. I had in my Pocket...proceeded I began to soften, and concluded to give the Coppers. Another Stroke of his Oratory made me asham'd of that, and determin'd me to give the Silver,... | |
 | Paul M. Zall - 1985 - 236 trang
...[George Whitefield's sermon] I perceived he intended to finish with a collection, and I silently resolved he should get nothing from me. I had in my pocket...proceeded I began to soften, and concluded to give the coppers. Another stroke of his oratory made me asham'd of that, and determined me to give the silver;... | |
 | Roger Finke, Rodney Stark - 1992 - 352 trang
...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...proceeded, I began to soften and concluded to give him the coppers. Another stroke of his oratory made me ashamed of that and determined me to give the... | |
 | Ronald L. Byrnside - 1997 - 168 trang
...Benjamin Franklin reported, "I perceived that he intended to finish with a Collection. I silently resolved he should get nothing from me. I had in my Pocket...proceeded I began to soften, and concluded to give him the Coppers. Another Stroke of his Oratory made me ashamed of that, and determined me to give the... | |
 | David C. Hammack - 1998 - 508 trang
...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...proceeded I began to soften, and concluded to give the coppers. Another stroke of his oratory make me asham'd of that, and determined me to give the silver;... | |
 | Ian Kenneth Steele, Nancy Lee Rhoden - 1999 - 358 trang
...Sermons, in the Course of which I perceived he intended to finish with a Collection, & I silently resolved he should get nothing from me. I had in my Pocket...proceeded I began to soften, and concluded to give the Coppers. Another Stroke of his Oratory made me asham'd of that, and determin'd me to give the Silver;... | |
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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,... 
