 ... themselves when they heard I was to preach for him. But visiting that country some years afterwards, when I had raised myself to some degree of notice in the world, and being invited to preach in that very pulpit, the same people crowded to hear me,...  Science Lectures for the People - Sivu 1841874Koko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | 1807 - 574 sivua
...that very pulpit, the same people crowded to hear me, though my elocution w^s not much improved, and they professed to admire one of the same discourses they had formerly despised.' We believe this to be a very common case. At Needham, Mr. P. endeavoured to add to the scantiness of... | |
 | Joseph Priestley - 1827 - 490 sivua
...that very pulpit, the same people crowded to hear me, though my elocution was not much improved, and they professed to admire one of the same discourses they had formerly despised. Notwithstanding these unfavourable circumstances, I was far from being unhappy at Needham. I was boarded... | |
 | John Towill Rutt - 1831 - 450 sivua
...that very pulpit, the same people crowded to hear me, though my elocution was not much improved, and they professed to admire one of the same discourses they had formerly despised. (40.) Notwithstanding these unfavourable circumstances, I was far from being unhappy at Needham. I... | |
 | Thomas Edward Thorpe - 1894 - 406 sivua
...striking, I hope I have been more attentive to qualifications of a superior kind." Years afterwards, on being invited to preach in the district when he had...for he tells us that he betook himself to music, and learned to play on the English flute, as the easiest instrument. Music he recommends to all studious... | |
 | David Henry Peacock - 1919 - 74 sivua
...that very pulpit, the same people crowded to hear me, though my elocution was not much improved, and they professed to admire one of the same discourses they had formerly despised ". For the first six months the prospects of successful work seemed promising. Priestley's endeavours... | |
 | Joseph Priestley - 1806 - 498 sivua
...that very pulpit, the same people crowded to hear me, though my elocution was not much improved, and they professed to admire one -of the same discourses they had formerly despised. Notwithstanding these unfavorable circumstances, I was far from being unhappy at Needham. I was boarded... | |
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