 ... due proportion towards the same. One of these women, in collecting the several quotas of money, discovered a deficiency, and demanded of Ruth Pierce the sum which was wanting to make good the amount. Ruth Pierce protested that she had paid her share,...  Ancient Stone Crosses of England - Seite 137von Alfred Rimmer - 1875 - 159 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Lady - 1840 - 856 Seiten
...amount ; Ruth Pierce protested, that she had paid her share ; and said, ' She wished she might drop down dead, if she had not.' She rashly repeated this awful wish ; when, to the consternation and terror of the surrounding multitude, she instantly fell down and expired, having the money concealed... | |
 | George Pellew - 1847 - 540 Seiten
...make good the amount. Ruth protested she had paid her share, and said she wished she might drop down dead if she had not. She rashly repeated this awful wish, when, to the consternation and terror of the beholders, she instantly fell down and expired, having the money concealed in her... | |
 | George Pellew - 1847 - 540 Seiten
...make good the amount. Ruth protested she had paid her share, and said she wished she might drop down dead if she had not. She rashly repeated this awful wish, when, to the consternation anil terror of the beholders, she instantly fell down and expired, having the money concealed in her... | |
 | Kazlitt Arvine - 1848 - 908 Seiten
...amount. Ruth Pierce protested that she had paid her share, and said, she wished she might drop down dead, if she had not. She rashly repeated this awful...to the consternation of the surrounding multitude, sho instantly fell down and expired. having the money concealed in her hand." (d) THE OPPOSER'S PRAYER.... | |
 | 1841 - 804 Seiten
...down dead, if she had not.' She rashly repeated this awful wish, when, to the consternation and terror of the surrounding multitude, she instantly fell down,...expired, having the money concealed in her hand." In a sermon preached on the subject, by Dr. H. Stebbing, Archdeacon of Wilts, and published in 1760,... | |
 | 1908 - 674 Seiten
...amount. Ruth Pierce protested that she had paid her share, and said ' she wished she might drop down dead if she had not ! ' She rashly repeated this awful wish, when, to the consternation and terror of the surrounding multitude, she instantly fell down and expired, having the money concealed... | |
 | Kazlitt Arvine - 1850 - 882 Seiten
...amount. Ruth Pierce protested that she had paid her share, and said, she wished she might drop down dead, if she had not She rashly repeated this awful...expired, having the money concealed in her hand." («/) THE OPPOSER'S PRAYER.— A candidate for the Christian ministry was once invited to settle in... | |
 | Young people - 1852 - 1020 Seiten
...protested that she had paid her share, and s*id, she wished she might drop down dead, if she had not. 9he rashly repeated this awful wish, when, to the consternation...expired, having the money concealed in her hand." THE MAN WHO FEIOKED TO BE DEAD.— One day, as Archbishop Leighton was going from Glasgow to Dumb'lane,... | |
 | 1859 - 606 Seiten
...she might drop down dead if she had not. She rashly repeated the awful wish, when, to the terror and consternation of the surrounding multitude, she instantly...expired ; having the money concealed in her hand." Connerion $ntel%na. ISLINGTON CHAPEL, ON TUESDAY evening, 31st January last, the QUARTERLY SOCIAL MEETINGfor... | |
 | 1864 - 556 Seiten
...the amount. Ruth Pierce, protesting that she had paid her share, said, she wished she might drop down dead if she had not. She rashly repeated this awful...expired, having the money concealed in her hand." The guard of the coach began blowing his horn, to let us know all was ready for another start. Long... | |
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