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" ... 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, and five pistoles... "
The Select Works of Benjamin Franklin: Including His Autobiography, with ... - Page 203
by Benjamin Franklin, Epes Sargent - 1866 - 256 pages
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Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 15

England - 1824 - 758 pages
...copper money, three or four silver dollars, and five pistoles in gold. As lie proceeded I began to soften, and concluded to give the copper ; another...wholly into the collector's dish, goldĀ§ and all.' " + Mr Winter relates a curious anecdote of his preaching at a maid- servant who had displeased him...
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Christian Herald and Seaman's Magazine, Volume 5

John Edwards Caldwell - 1818 - 780 pages
...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...who being of my sentiments respecting the building at Georgia, and suspecting a collection might be intended, had by precaution emptied his pockets before...
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The Analectic Magazine ...: Comprising Original Reviews ..., Volume 11

1818 - 588 pages
...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...
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The Life of Wesley: And the Rise and Progress of Methodism, Volume 2

Robert Southey - Evangelists - 1820 - 642 pages
...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...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...
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The Life of Wesley: And the Rise and Progress of Methodism, Volumes 1-2

Robert Southey - Methodism - 1820 - 516 pages
...copper money 4 three or four silver dollars, and five pistoles in gold. As he proceeded I began to soften, and concluded to give the copper ; another...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...
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The Life of Wesley: And the Rise and Progress of Methodism, Volumes 1-2

Robert Southey - Methodism - 1820 - 856 pages
...animated, 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...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...
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The Edinburgh Monthly Review, Volume 5

1821 - 732 pages
...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...; 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...
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The Percy anecdotes, by Sholto and Reuben Percy. (Eloquence).

Joseph Clinton Robertson - 1822 - 206 pages
...copper money, three or four silver dollars, and five pistoles in gold. As he proceeded, I hegan to soften, and concluded to give the copper. Another...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,...
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 15

Scotland - 1824 - 792 pages
...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...wholly into the collector's dish, goldĀ§ and all.' " + Mr Winter relates a curious anecdote of his preaching at a maid-servant who had displeased him...
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Lambeth and the Vatican: Or, Anecdotes of the Church of Rome, of the Refomed ...

Anecdotes - 1825 - 582 pages
...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...
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