 | William C. Conant - 1858 - 468 pagine
...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...pistoles in gold. As he proceeded, I began to soften, and determined to give the copper. Another stroke of his oratory made me asha*ned of that, and determined... | |
 | William C. Conant - 1858 - 480 pagine
...four silver dollars, and five pistoles in gold. As he proceeded, I began to soften, and determined 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 admirably, that I emptied my pocket wholly into... | |
 | William Buell Sprague - 1859 - 854 pagine
...percelved 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...stroke of his oratory made me ashamed of that, and determined me to give the silver, and he fmished so admirably that I emptied my pocket wholly into... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1859 - 680 pagine
...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...copper. Another stroke of his oratory made me ashamed ofthat, and determined me to give the silver ; and he finished so admirably, that I emptied my pocket... | |
 | William Buell Sprague - 1859 - 992 pagine
...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 irt gold. As he proceeded, I began to soften, and concluded to give the copper. Another stroke of his... | |
 | William Buell Sprague - 1859 - 856 pagine
...perccived 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, andflve pistoles in gold. As he proceeded, I began to soften, and concluded to give the copper. Another... | |
 | Anne Mathews - 1860 - 380 pagine
...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 made me ashamed of that, and determined me to give the silver ; and he finished so admirably that I emptied my pocket wholly into... | |
 | John Nicholas Norton - 1861 - 294 pagine
...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 7* pistoles in gold. As he proceeded, I began to soften, and concluded to give the copper. Another... | |
 | William Makepeace Thayer - 1860 - 342 pagine
...taken, at the close of the meeting, he emptied his pockets of all the money he had, which consisted of " a handful of copper money, three or four silver dollars, and five pistoles in gold." He sympathized deeply with the poor and needy, and espoused the cause of the oppressed in every land.... | |
 | William M. Thayer - 1861 - 304 pagine
...taken, at the close of the meeting, he emptied his pockets of all the money he had, which consisted of " a handful of copper money, three or four silver dollars, and five pistoles in gold." He sympathized deeply with the poor and needy, and espoused the cause of the oppressed in every land.... | |
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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... 
