 | 1865 - 138 páginas
...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." Hie sympathized deeply with the poor and needy, and espoused the cause of the oppressed in... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, Epes Sargent - 1866 - 270 páginas
...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...money, three or four silver dollars, and five pistoles in gold. As he proceeded I began tc soften, and concluded to give the copper. Another stroke of his... | |
 | George William Curtis - 1867 - 524 páginas
...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...money, three or 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... | |
 | Clergymen - 1868 - 198 páginas
...the course of which I perceived that he intended to finish with a collection, and I silently resolved he should get nothing from me. I had in my pocket...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... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1868 - 426 páginas
...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...money, three or four silver dollars, and five pistoles in gold. As he proceeded I began to soften, and concluded to give the coppers. Another stroke of his... | |
 | David Thomas - 1868 - 404 páginas
...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...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... | |
 | Young people - 1869 - 684 páginas
...the preacher went on his heart melted, and at length his purpose became totally changed. He says, " 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... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1869 - 332 páginas
...pled. "I silently resolved he should get nothing from me, although he was to finish with a collection. 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... | |
 | Marcius Willson - 1870 - 382 páginas
...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...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... | |
 | Karl Rudolph Hagenbach - 1870 - 524 páginas
...Franklin; who was resolved to give nothing, because he was not pleased with the enterprise. He had a handful of copper money, three or four silver dollars, and five Louis-d'ors in his pocket, and the further the sermon proceeded, the more deeply did he grasp his money.... | |
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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,... 
