 | 1805 - 590 pages
...what they do" — the voice of the preacher, which had grown fainter and fainter, until his utterance being entirely obstructed by the force of his feelings,...handkerchief to his eyes, and burst into a loud and irresistible flood of grief. The first sentence with which he broke the awful silence, was a quotation... | |
 | William Wirt - United States - 1804 - 120 pages
...— the voice of the preacher, which had, all along, grown fainter and fainter, until his utterance being entirely obstructed by the force of his feelings,...loud and irrepressible flood of grief. The effect is inconceivable. The whole house resounded with' the mingled groans and sobs and shrieks of the congregation.... | |
 | American literature - 1804 - 496 pages
...voice of the preacher, which had, all along, faltered, grew fainter and fainter, until his utterance being entirely obstructed by the force of his feelings, he raised his handkerchief to his eyes and bursfinto a loud and irrepressible flood of grief. The effect is inconceivable. The whole house resounded... | |
 | William Wirt - Virginia - 1805 - 144 pages
...voice of the preacher, which had, all along, faltered, grew iainter and fainter, until his utterance being entirely obstructed by the force of his feelings,...into a loud and irrepressible flood of grief. The efiect is inconceivable. The whole house resound' « d with the mingled groanf, and sobs, and j.hrieks... | |
 | David Ramsay - Enslaved persons - 1809 - 642 pages
...the preacher, " which had all along faltered, grew fainter and fainter, until " his utterance became entirely obstructed by the force of his " feelings...handkerchief to his eyes, and burst " into a loud tnd irrepressible flood of grief. The effect is « inconceivable : the whole house resounded with the... | |
 | Increase Cooke - American literature - 1811 - 428 pages
...voice of the preacher which had all along, faltered, grew fainter and fainter, until his utterance being entirely obstructed by the force of his feelings,...loud and irrepressible flood of grief. The effect is inconceivable. The whole house resounded with the mingled groans, and sobs, and shrieks of the congregation.... | |
 | Garnet Terry - 1812 - 408 pages
...voice of the preacher, which had all along faltered, grew fainter and fainter, until his utterance being entirely obstructed by the force of his feelings,...loud and irrepressible flood of grief. The effect is inconceivable : the whole house resounded with the mingled groans, and sobs, and shrieks of the... | |
 | 1815 - 444 pages
...which had all along faltered, grew fainter and fainter, until his utterance being entirely obstrncted by the force of his feelings, he raised his handkerchief...was inconceivable: the whole house resounded with the mingled groans, and sobs, and shrieks of the congregation ! It was some time before the tumult... | |
 | William Wirt - Virginia - 1829 - 250 pages
...preacher, which had all along faltered, grew fainter and fainter, until his utterance being intirely obstructed by the force of his feelings, he raised...loud and irrepressible flood of grief. The effect is inconceivable. The whole house resounded with the mingled groans, and sobs, and shrieks of the congregation.... | |
 | A citizen of Pittsburgh - Readers - 1818 - 276 pages
...voice of the preacher which had all along faltered, grew fainter and fainter, until his utterance, being entirely obstructed by the force of his feelings,...loud and irrepressible flood of grief. The effect is inconceivable. The whole house resounded with the mingled groans, and sobs, and shrieks of the congregation.... | |
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Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do" — the voice of the preacher, which had all along faltered, grew fainter and fainter, until, his utterance being entirely obstructed by the force of his feelings, he raised his handkerchief to his... 
