 | 1805 - 590 halaman
...horses tied near a ruinous old wooden house, in the forest not far from the road side. Devotion alone should have stopped me to join in the duties of the congregation ; but I confess that curiosity to hear the preacher of such a wilderness, was not the least of my motives.... | |
 | William Wirt - 1804 - 120 halaman
...States, I had no difficulty in understanding that this was a place of religious worship. Devotion alone should have stopped me to join in the duties of the...white linen cap, his shrivelled hands, and his voice, all shaking under the influence of a palsy, in a few moments ascertained to me that he was perfectly... | |
 | 1804 - 496 halaman
...states, I had no difficulty in understanding that this was a place of religious worship. Devotion alone should have stopped me to join in the duties of the...curiosity to hear the preacher of such a wilderness, was «4t the least of my motives. On entering, I was struck with his preternatural appearance. He was a... | |
 | William Wirt - 1805 - 144 halaman
...religious worship- Devotion alone, should have stopped me, to join in the duties of the con. gregation ; but I must confess, that curiosity to hear the preacher...preternatural appearance. He was a tall and very spare old man....his head, •which was covered with a white linen cap, his shrivelled hands, and his voice,... | |
 | David Ramsay - 1809 - 642 halaman
...the road side. I had no dif" ficulty in understanding that this was a place of religious wor" ship. Curiosity to hear the preacher of such a wilderness " was not the least of my motives for joining the congregation. " On entering I was struck with his preternatural appearance. " He was... | |
 | Increase Cooke - 1811 - 428 halaman
...states, I had no difficulty in understanding that this was a place of religious worship. Devotion alone, should have stopped me, to join in the duties of the...wilderness, was not the least of my motives. On entering the house, I was struck with his preternatural appearance. He was a tall and very ^pare old man...his... | |
 | William Wirt - 1813 - 204 halaman
...states, I had no difficulty in understanding that this was a place of religious worship. Devotion alone should have stopped me, to join in the duties of the...with a white linen cap, his shrivelled hands, and his Toice, were all shaking under the influence of a palsy; and a few moments ascertained to me that he... | |
 | 1815 - 444 halaman
...states, I had no difficulty in understanding that this was a place of religious worship. Devotion alone should have stopped me to join in the duties of the congregation ; but I must con fess, that curiosity to hear the preacher of snch a wilderness wai not the least of my motives.... | |
 | Joshua Marsden - 1816 - 324 halaman
...had no difficulty in understanding that this was a place of religious worship—devotion alone would have stopped me to .join in the duties of the congregation; but 1 must confess, that a curiosity to hear the preacher of such a wilderness, was not the least of my... | |
 | A citizen of Pittsburgh - 1818 - 276 halaman
...states, I had no difficulty in understanding that this was a place of religious worship. Devotion alone should have stopped me, to join in the duties of the...was a tall and very spare old man ; his head, which wa? covered with a white linen cap, his shrivelled hands, and his voice, were ail shaking under the... | |
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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. 
