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,... The Edinburgh Monthly Review - Strana 1831821Úplné zobrazení - Podrobnosti o knize
| Benjamin Franklin - 1859 - 680 str.
...the course of which, Î 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, and five pistoles in gold ; as he proceeded I began to soften,... | |
| Anne Mathews - 1860 - 380 str.
...or four silver dollars, and five pistoles in gold. As the preacher went on, I softened, and resolved to give the copper; another stroke of his oratory...silver ; and he finished so admirably that I emptied my pocket wholly into the collector's dish, — gold and all." Dear Leigh Hunt, in his charming manner,... | |
| Russell Frank Weigley, Nicholas B. Wainwright, Edwin Wolf - 1982 - 870 str.
...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 a Handful...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 str.
...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 a handful...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 str.
...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...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 str.
...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 a Handful...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 str.
...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...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;... | |
| Walter I. Trattner - 2007 - 469 str.
...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...proceeded I began to soften, and concluded to give the coppers. Another stroke of his oratory made me ashamed of that, and determined to give the silver;... | |
| Ian Kenneth Steele, Nancy Lee Rhoden - 1999 - 358 str.
...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 a Handful...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;... | |
| William R. Phillippe - 1999 - 148 str.
...his autobiography, he tells of how he went to church one day, and these are Ben's own words: pieces. As he proceeded I began to soften, and concluded to give the coppers. Another stroke of his oratory made me ashamed of that, and I determined to give the silver.... | |
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