 | Orators - 1859 - 370 pages
...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 spare old man —...his voice, were all shaking under the influence of a palsy ; and a few moments ascertained to me that he was perfectly blind. The first emotions which... | |
 | Joseph Foulkes Winks - 1837 - 806 pages
...more distant places. He thus describes the scene. "On entering I was struck with his preternatural appearance. He was a tall and very spare old man ; his head, his shrivelled hands, and his voice, were all shaking under the influence of a palsy; and a few moments... | |
 | Marcius Willson - Readers - 1860 - 368 pages
...such a wilderness was not the least of my motives. On entering, I was struck with his preternatural1 appearance. He was a tall and very spare old man ;...head, which was covered with a white linen cap, his shriveled2 hands, and his voice, were all shaking under the influence of a palsy ;3 and a few moments... | |
 | Marcius Willson - Bible stories - 1860 - 372 pages
...such a wilderness was not the least of my motives. On entering, I was struck with his preternatural 1 appearance. He was a tall and very spare old man;...head, which was covered with a white linen cap, his shriveled 2 hands, and his voice, were all shaking under the influence of a palsy ; 3 and a few moments... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1862 - 792 pages
...such a wilderness was not the least of my motives. On entering, I was struck with his preternatural appearance. He was a tall and very spare old man ;...his voice, were all shaking under the influence of a palsy ; and a few moments ascertained to me that he was perfectly blind. The first emotions which... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1862 - 796 pages
...was not the least of my motives. On entering, I was struck with his preternatural appearance. He waa a tall and very spare old man ; his head, which was...his voice, were all shaking under the influence of a palsy : and a few moments ascertained to me that he was perfectly blind. The first emotions which... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - Elocution - 1863 - 530 pages
...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 voice, were all shaking under the influence of a palsy ; and a few moments ascertained to me that he was perfectly blind. 15 The first emotions, which... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - Elocution - 1863 - 528 pages
...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 ;...with a white linen cap, his shrivelled hands, and Ids voice, were all shaking under the influence of a palsy ; and a few moments ascertained to me that... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1865 - 798 pages
...such a wilderness was not the least of my motives. On entering, I was struck with his preternatural appearance. He was a tall 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
...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 linen cap, his shriveled hands, and his voice, were all shaking under the influence of a palsy ; and a few moments... | |
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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. 
