 I did not disapprove of the design, but, as Georgia was then destitute of materials and workmen, and it was proposed to send them from Philadelphia at a great expense, I thought it would have been better to have built the house here, and brought the children...  Annals of the American Episcopal Pulpit - Page 80by William Buell Sprague - 1859 - 822 pagesFull view - About this book
 | England - 1824 - 758 pages
...to gire : it was for the. orphan-house at Savannah, ' I did not,' says the American philosopher, ' disapprove of the design , but as Georgia was then...to send them from Philadelphia at a great expense, I thought it would have been better to have built the honse at Philadelphia, and brought the children... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - United States - 1818 - 558 pages
...they might be supported and educated. Returning northward, he preached up this charity, and made large collections: for his eloquence had a wonderful power...been better to have built the house at Philadelphia, and brought the children to it. This I advised, but he was resolute in his first project, rejected... | |
 | 1818 - 588 pages
...they might be supported and educated. Returning northward, he preached up this charity, and made large collections: for his eloquence had a wonderful power...to send them from Philadelphia at a great expense, I thought it would have been better to have built the house at Philadelphia, and brought the children... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Philosophers - 1818 - 566 pages
...they might be supported and educated. Returning northward, he preached up this charity, and made large collections : for his eloquence had a wonderful power...to send them from Philadelphia at a great expense, I thought it would have been better to have built the house at Philadelphia, and brought the children... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1818 - 566 pages
...they might be supported and educated. Returning northward, he preached up this charity, and made large collections : for his eloquence had a wonderful power...proposed to send them from Philadelphia at a great expence, I thought it would have been better to have built the house at Philadelphia, and brought the... | |
 | John Edwards Caldwell - 1818 - 780 pages
...Returning northward, he preached up this charity, and made large collections ; for his eloquence'had a wonderful power over the hearts and purses of his...to send them from Philadelphia, at a great expense, I thought it would have been better to have built the house at Philadelphia, and brought the children... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - United States - 1818 - 556 pages
...they might be supported and educated. Returning northward, he preached up this charity, and made large collections: for his eloquence had a wonderful power...hearts and purses of his hearers, of which I myself V.MS an instance. 1 did not disapprove of the design, but as Georgia was then destitute of materials... | |
 | Robert Southey - Methodism - 1820 - 856 pages
...not to give : it was for the orphan-house at Savannah. " I did not," says the American philosopher, " disapprove of the design ; but as Georgia was then...to send them from Philadelphia at a great expense, I thought it would have been better to have built the house at Philadelphia, and brought the children... | |
 | Robert Southey - Evangelists - 1820 - 642 pages
...animated, yet natural action, that it surpassed any thing he •TOT taw or heard in any other pre»cher. Georgia was then destitute of materials and workmen,...to send them from Philadelphia at a great expense, I thought it would have been better to have built the house at Philadelphia, and brought the children... | |
 | Robert Southey - Evangelists - 1820 - 660 pages
...animated, yet natural action, that it surpassed any ihing he ever 'aw or heard in any other preacher. Georgia was then destitute of materials and workmen,...to send them from Philadelphia at a great expense, I thought it would have been better to have built the house at Philadelphia, and brought the children... | |
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