 I heard the poor gentleman say his prayers last night,' said the landlady, ' very devoutly, and with my own ears, or I could not have believed it.' ' Are sure of it ? ' replied the curate. ' A soldier, an' please your reverence,' said I, ' prays as often...  Episodes of Fiction, Or, Choice Stories from the Great Novelists, with ... - Sida 1061869 - 304 sidorObegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | William Scott - 1819 - 366 sidor
...•oldier,. an't please your reverence, said 1, prays as often, (of his own accord) as a parson ;— nnd when he is fighting for his king, and for his own life, ami for his honour too, he has the most reason to pray to God of any one in the whole world. 'Twas... | |
 | H. Nolte - 1823 - 646 sidor
...my own ears : or I couM -act have believed it. — Are you sure of it? replied the cu- . rate. : — A soldier, an* please your reverence, said I, prays...his king, and for his own life, and for his honour im), IM; has the most reason to pray to God of any one in the whole world. — 'Twas well said of thee,... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - 1823 - 762 sidor
...night, said the landlady, very devoutly, and with my own ears, or I could not have beheved it. Are you sure of it ? replied the Curate. A soldier, an' please...parson ; and, when he is fighting for his king, and for bis own life, and for his honour too, he has the most reason to pray to God of any one in the whole... | |
 | William Scott - 1823 - 396 sidor
...own ears, or I could not have believed it. Are you sure of it ? replied the curate. A soldier, an't please your reverence, said I, prays as often, (of...accord) as a parson ; — and when he is fighting ior his king, and for his own life, and for his honour too, he has the most reason to pray to God of... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - 1823 - 274 sidor
...upon the chair hy his hed-side, and as I shut the door, I saw his son take up a cushion. • Are you sure of it ? replied the curate. — A soldier, an'...your Reverence, said I, prays as often (of his own record) as a parson ; and when he id fighting for his king, aud for his own life, and for his honour... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1824 - 794 sidor
...said the landlady, very devoutly, and with my own ears, or I could not have believed it. — Are you sure of it ? replied the curate ; A soldier, an' please your reverence, said I, prays as ofteu (of his own accord) as a parson : — and when he is fighting for his king, and for his own life,... | |
 | John White (A.M.) - 1826 - 340 sidor
...the curate.—A soldier, an't please your reverence, said I, prays as often—of his own accord—as a parson :—and, when he is fighting for his king,...most reason to pray to God, of any one in the whole world.—'Twas well said of thee, Trim, said my uncle Toby. But when a soldier, said I, an't please... | |
 | 1826 - 450 sidor
...curate: A foldier, an' pleafe your reverence, faid I, prays as often (of his own accord) as a parfon ;— and when he is fighting for his king, and for his own life, and for his honour too, he has the moft reafon to pray to God of any one in the whole world.—* 'Twas well faid of thee, Trim, faid my... | |
 | William Enfield - 1827 - 412 sidor
...said the landlady, very devoutly, and with my own ears, or I could not have believed it. — Are you sure of it? replied the curate. A soldier, an' please...is fighting for his king, and for his own life, and 5or his honour too, he has the most reason to pray to God of any one in the whole world. — Twas well... | |
 | 1827 - 446 sidor
...said the landlady, very devoutly, and with my own ears, or I could not have believed it — Are you sure of it, replied the curate. — A soldier, an' please your reverence, eaid I, prays as often (of his own accord) as a parson ;-i— and when ho is fighting for his king,... | |
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