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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,... "
Benjamin Franklin: An American Life - Seite 114
von Walter Isaacson - 2003 - 608 Seiten
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Blackwood's Magazine, Band 15

1824 - 758 Seiten
...but he was resolute in his first project, rejected my counsel, and I therefore refused to contribute. I happened, soon after, to attend one of his sermons,...I silently resolved he should get nothing from me. 1 had in my pocket a handful of copper money, three or four silver dollars, and five pistoles in gold....
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The British Review, and London Critical Journal, Band 11

1818 - 594 Seiten
...every street." The following anecdote is at once characteristic of the preacher and of the hearer. " I happened soon after to attend one of his sermons,...four silver dollars, and five pistoles in gold : as lie proceeded I began to soften, and concluded to give the copper. Another stroke of his oratory made...
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Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin ...

Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 566 Seiten
...but he was resolute in his first project, rejected my counsel, and I therefore refused to contribute. I happened soon after to attend one of his sermons,...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,...
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The Life of Wesley: And the Rise and Progress of Methodism, Band 2

Robert Southey - 1820 - 660 Seiten
...but he was resolute in his first project, rejected my counsel, and I therefore refused to contribute. I happened, soon after, to attend one of his sermons,...dollars, and five pistoles in gold. As he proceeded 1 began to soften, and concluded to give the copper ; another stroke of his oratory made me ashamed...
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The Life of Wesley: And the Rise and Progress of Methodism, Bände 1-2

Robert Southey - 1820 - 516 Seiten
...but he was resolute in his first project, rejected my counsel, and I therefore refused to contribute. I happened, soon after, to attend one of his sermons,...collection, and I silently resolved he should get * Mr. Winter relates a curions anecdote of his preaching at a maid-servant who had displeased him by...
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The Edinburgh Monthly Review, Band 5

1821 - 732 Seiten
...an anecdote equally characteristic of the preacher and of himself. ' I happened,' says the Doctor, ' to attend one of his sermons, in the course of which...finish with a collection, and I silently resolved lie should get nothing from me. I had in my pocket a handful of copper, money, three or four silver...
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The Percy anecdotes, by Sholto and Reuben Percy. (Eloquence).

Joseph Clinton Robertson - 1822 - 206 Seiten
...an anecdote equally characteristic of the preacher and of himself. " I happened," says the doctor, " to attend one of his sermons, in the course of which...dollars, and five 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...
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A thousand notable things, embracing a collection of scarce receipts, &c. To ...

Thousand notable things - 1822 - 604 Seiten
...an anecdote equally characteristic of the preacher and of himself. ' I happened,' says the doctor, ' to attend one of his sermons, in the course of which...dollars, and five pistoles in gold. As he proceeded, 1 began to soften, and concluded to give the copper. Another stroke of his oratory made me ashamed...
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The Hermes; a literary, moral and scientific journal

206 Seiten
...happened, says Dr. Franklin, to attend one of U'hit lie-Id 'H sermons, in the course of which I p«rceived he intended to finish with a collection, and I silently...four silver dollars, and five pistoles in gold: as ho proceeded I began to soften, and .,f;0||f luilcd to give the copper. Another stroke of bis oniiior,^...
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Lambeth and the Vatican: Or, Anecdotes of the Church of Rome, of the ..., Band 3

1825 - 330 Seiten
...an anecdote equally characteristic of the preacher and of himself. " I happened," says the Doctor, " to attend one of his sermons, in " the course of which...silently resolved " he should get nothing from me. 1 had in " my pocket a handful of copper money, three " or four silver dollars, and five pistoles in...
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