 | George Stillman Hillard - Elocution - 1863 - 530 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 with his 10 preternatural appearance. He was a tall and very spare old man ; his head, which was covered with... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1865 - 798 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...and very spare old man ; his head, which was covered wilh a white linen cap, his shrivelled hands, and his voice, were all shaking under the influence of... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - Readers (Secondary) - 1866 - 568 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 with his "preternatural •"•ppcuranoe: — he was a tall and very spare old man ; his head, which was covered with a white... | |
 | Richard Edwards - Readers - 1867 - 372 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 palsy ; and a few moments ascertained... | |
 | Richard Edwards - Readers - 1867 - 374 pages
...through these States, I had no difficulty in understanding that this was a place of religious worship. of my motives. On entering, I was struck with his...head, which was covered with a white linen cap, his shriveled hands, and his voice, were all shaking under die influence of palsy ; and a few moments ascertained... | |
 | Richard Edwards - 1867 - 386 pages
...through these States, I had no difficulty in understanding that this was a place of religious worship. of my motives. On entering, I was struck with his...head, which was covered with a white linen cap, his shriveled hands, and his voice, were all shaking under the influence of palsy ; and a few moments ascertained... | |
 | Horace A. Cleveland - Literature - 1869 - 610 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 sjiaking under the ^influence of a palsy ; and a few moments... | |
 | Augustus Charles Thompson - Bible - 1869 - 338 pages
...wilderness induced me to join the congregation. On my entrance, I was struck with his supernatural appearance. He was a tall and very spare old man ;...his voice, were all shaking under the influence of palsy ; and a few moments ascertained to me that he was perfectly blind. It was the day of the sacrament.... | |
 | Marcius Willson - Readers (Elementary) - 1870 - 382 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... | |
 | 1870
...hear the preacher of such a wildernées was not the least of my motives. On entering I was struck by his preternatural appearance. He was a tall and very...was covered with a white linen cap, his shrivelled hand, and his voice, were all shaking under the influence of a palsy; and a few moments asertained... | |
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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. 
