 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, and concluded to give the copper. Another stroke of his oratory made me ashamed of that, and determined me to give...  Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin ... - 163 페이지저자: Benjamin Franklin - 1818전체보기 - 도서 정보
 | 1824 - 758 페이지
...pistoles in gold. As lie proceeded I began to soften, and concluded to give the copper ; another stroke of his oratory made me ashamed of that, and determined...wholly into the collector's dish, gold§ and all.' " + Mr Winter relates a curious anecdote of his preaching at a maid- servant who had displeased him... | |
 | John Edwards Caldwell - 1818 - 780 페이지
...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...who being of my sentiments respecting the building at Georgia, and suspecting a collection might be intended, had by precaution emptied his pockets before... | |
 | 1818 - 588 페이지
...he proceeded I began to soften, and concluded to give the copper. Another stroke of his oratorymade me ashamed of that, and determined me to give the silver, and he finished B0 admirably, that I emptied my pocket wholly into the collector's dish, gold and all! At this sermon... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1820 - 642 페이지
...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...wholly into the collector's dish, gold * and all." No wonder that such a preacher should be admired and followed in a country where the habits of the... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1820 - 856 페이지
...yet natural action, that it surpassed any tiling he ever saw or heard in any other preacher. stroke of his oratory made me ashamed of that, and determined...wholly into the collector's dish, gold* and all." No wonder that such a preacher should be admired and followed in a country where the habits of the... | |
 | 1821 - 732 페이지
...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...; and he finished so admirably, that I emptied my pockets wholly into the collector's dish, gold and all. " At this sermon there was also one of our... | |
 | Joseph Clinton Robertson - 1822 - 206 페이지
...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...this sermon there was also one of our club ; who, heing of my sentiments respecting the building in Georgia, and suspecting a collection might he intended,... | |
 | 1824 - 792 페이지
...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...wholly into the collector's dish, gold§ and all.' " + Mr Winter relates a curious anecdote of his preaching at a maid-servant who had displeased him... | |
 | 1825 - 582 페이지
...strok " his oratory made me ashamed of that, and " termined me to give the silver; and he fifli " ed so admirably, that I emptied my pocket " wholly into...respecting the "building in Georgia, and suspecting a collec" tion might be intended, had by precaution '* emptied his pockets before he came from " home... | |
 | 1829 - 140 페이지
...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...collector's dish, gold and all. "At this sermon," continues Franklin, "there was also one of our club, who, being of my sentiments respecting the building... | |
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