 | George Fox - 1694 - 536 pages
...replied, - Thou mayest read in the third of Daniel, that the three children were cast iuto the nerv furnace by Nebuchadnezzar's command, with their coats, their hose, and their hats on.' This plain instance stopped him : so that not having any thin* else to say, he cried again. - Take... | |
 | William R. Wagstaff - 1845 - 506 pages
...Daniel ? Come, answer me ; I have you fast now." George Fox replied : " Thou mayst read in the third of Daniel, that the three children were cast into...with their coats, their hose, and their hats on." The judge was surprised, and angrily ordered the jailor to take them from his sight. In the afternoon,... | |
 | John Cunningham - 1868 - 376 pages
...Daniel '. answer me that." " Thou mayest read in the 3d of Daniel," said Fox, who knew his Bible well, " that the three children were cast into the fiery furnace...their coats, their hose, and their hats on."* The chief-Justice was foiled again. Had the thing been a mere trial of wit, it must have been confessed... | |
 | Thomas Clarkson - 1869 - 356 pages
...the following question : "Come," says he, "where had they hats from Moses to Daniel? Come, answer me. I have you fast now." George Fox replied, that " he...ordered him and his companions to be taken away again. They were accordingly taken away, and were thrust again among thieves. In process of time, however,... | |
 | Thomas Clarkson - 1869 - 356 pages
...question : "Come," says he, "where had they hats from Moses to Daniel? Come, answer me. I have yon fast now." George Fox replied, that " he might read...ordered him and his companions to be taken away again. They were accordingly taken away, and were thrust again among thieves. In process of time, however,... | |
 | 1875 - 780 pages
...all in the Bible ? " Yes," said the Quaker, "in the third of Daniel, where thou mayst read that the children were cast into the fiery furnace by Nebuchadnezzar's...command with their coats, their hose, and their hats on ! " Here was a proof that even a heathen king allowed men to wear hats in his presence. " This plain... | |
 | 1875 - 444 pages
...all in the Bible. " Yes," said the Quaker, " in the third of Daniel, where thou mayst read that the children were cast into the fiery furnace by Nebuchadnezzar's...command with their coats, their hose, and their hats on !" Here was a proof that even a heathen king allowed men to wear hats in his presence. " This plain... | |
 | Augustus Charles Bickley - 1884 - 458 pages
...answer me ; I have you fast now.' " "Thou mayst read in the third of Daniel," replied Fox readily, " that the three children were cast into the fiery furnace...with their coats, their hose, and their hats on." The judge had nothing to answer, so he directed the gaoler to take them away again. In a short time the... | |
 | John Lemley - 1886 - 408 pages
...all in the Bible ? "Yes," said the Quaker, "in the third of Daniel, where thou tnayest read that the children were cast into the fiery furnace by Nebuchadnezzar's...with their coats, their hose, and their hats on." Here was proof that even a heathen king allowed men to wear hats in his presence. " This plain. instance... | |
 | James Pinkney Pleasant Bell - 1905 - 326 pages
...the following question. "Come," says he, "where had they hats from Moses to Daniel? Come, answer me. I have you fast now." George Fox replied, that "he...away again. And they were accordingly taken away and they were thrust again among thieves. In process of time, however, this custom of the Quakers began... | |
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he might read in the third chapter of Daniel, that the three children were cast into the fiery furnace by Nebuchadnezzar's command, with their coats, their hose, and their hats on. 
