 | Joseph Belcher - Clergy - 1849 - 490 pages
...congregation; but I must confess, that curiosity to hear the preacher of such a wilderness was not the least of my motives. On entering, I was struck...under the influence of a palsy, and a few moments proved to me that he was perfectly blind. The first emotions that touched my heart were those of mingled... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Readers - 1849 - 348 pages
...through these States, I had no difficulty in understanding that this was a place of religious worship. appearance. He was a tall and very spare old man;...head, which was covered with a white linen cap, his shriveled hands, and his voice, were all shaking under the influence of a palsy ; and a few moments... | |
 | William Henry Foote - Virginia - 1850 - 582 pages
...congregation ; but I must confess, that curiosity, to hear the preacher of such a wilderness, was not the least of my motives. On entering, I was struck...influence of a palsy ; and a few moments ascertained to mo that he was perfectly blind. " The first emotions which touched my breast, were those of mingled... | |
 | Kazlitt Arvine - Anecdotes - 1850 - 882 pages
...wilderness induced me to join the congregation. On my entrance, I was struck with his supernatural Q Q palsy ; and a few moments ascertained to me that he was perfectly blind. It was the day of the sacrament... | |
 | Henry Mandeville - Readers - 1851 - 396 pages
...finite verb, or two or more subjects or finite verbs. Examples of the first. Examples of the second. He was a tall and very spare old man: his head, which...cap, his shrivelled hands, and his voice, were all shaken under the influence of a palsy ; and a few moments ascertained to me, that he was perfectly... | |
 | Salem Town - Readers - 1851 - 422 pages
...• A range of mountains in Virginia. head, which was covered with a white linen cap, his shriveled hands, and his voice, were all shaking under the influence...; and a few moments ascertained to me that he was peifectly blind. 4. The first emotions which touched my breast were those of mingled pity and veneration.... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Children - 1853 - 344 pages
...congregation; but I must confess, that curiosity to hear the preacher of such a wilderness, was not the least of my motives. On entering, I was struck...head, which was covered with a white linen cap, his shriveled hands, and his voice, were all shaking under the influence of a "''palsy; and a few moments... | |
 | John Kitto - 1853 - 302 pages
...the congregation, but I must confess that curiosity to hear the preacher of such a wilderness was not the least of my motives. On entering. I was struck...appearance. He was a tall and very spare old man; his head was covered with, a white linen cap ; his shrivelled hands, and his voice, were all shaking under the... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Children - 1853 - 350 pages
...spare old man; his head, which was covered with a white linen cap, his shriveled hands, and his roice, were all shaking under the influence of a + palsy;...moments * ascertained to me that he was perfectly blind. changed ? The lips of Plato were never more worthy of a prognostic swarm of bees, than were the lips... | |
 | Salem Town - Readers - 1854 - 412 pages
...curiosity to hear the preacher of such a wilderness, was not the least of my motives. On entering, I \vas struck with his preternatural appearance. He was a tall and very spare old man ; hi* head, which was covered with a white linen cap, his shriveled hands, and his voice, were all... | |
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Devotion alone should have stopped me, to join in the duties of the congregation; but I must confess that curiosity to hear the preacher of such a wilderness was not the least of my motives. 
