| Young people - 1869 - 684 頁
...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...stroke of his oratory made me ashamed of that, and I determined to give the silver ; and he finished so admirably that I emptied my pocket wholly into... | |
| Karl Rudolph Hagenbach - 1870 - 524 頁
...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.... | |
| Theodore Parker - 1871 - 256 頁
...Whitefield to build the house at Philadelphia, and send the Georgia orphans to it. But, says he, ' He rejected my counsel, and I therefore refused to contribute....proceeded I began to soften, and concluded to give the coppers. Another stroke of his oratory made me ashamed of that, and determined me to give the silver.... | |
| Theodore Parker - 1871 - 602 頁
...Whitefield to build the house at Philadelphia, and send the Georgia orphans to it. But, says he, ' He rejected my counsel, and I therefore refused to contribute....proceeded I began to soften, and concluded to give the coppers. Another stroke of his oratory made me ashamed of that, and determined me to give the silver.... | |
| 1871 - 784 頁
...the congregation to help him in his project for the fatherless. Franklin says : " I silently resolved he should get nothing from me. I had, in my pocket,...or four silver dollars, and five pistoles in gold (a coin worth $3.00). As he proceeded I began to soften, and concluded to give the copper. Another... | |
| Joseph Beaumont Wakeley - 1872 - 408 頁
...collection, resolved that he should get nothing from him — that he would not give a farthing. He says, " I had in my pocket a handful of copper money, three or four silver dollars, and five pistoles of gold. As he proceeded I began to soften, and concluded to give the copper ; another stroke of his... | |
| John Seely Hart - 1872 - 654 頁
...silently resolved he should get nothing from me. I bad in my pocket a handful of copper money, thr«e or four silver dollars, and five pistoles in gold. As he proceeded, I liogan to soften, and concluded to give the copper. Another stroke of hie oratory mad* me «shamed... | |
| 1873 - 602 頁
...sermons, 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 of coppers, three or four silver dollars, and five pistoles in gold. As he proceeded I began to soften,... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1875 - 602 頁
...in the course of which I perceived he intended to finish with a collection, and I silentlv resolved he should get nothing from me. I had in my pocket...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... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1875 - 812 頁
...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...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... | |
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