| Thomas Cooper - 1879 - 326 psl.
...noticed ' in Boswell's Life of Dr. Johnson. "John Wesley's conversation is good," says the doctor; "but he is never at leisure. He is always obliged...loves to fold his legs, and have his talk out, as I da" And I have read somewhere, but cannot remember where, that Wesley dined with Johnson, allowed one... | |
| - 1881 - 854 psl.
...advice is just what might have been expected from one of whom Dr. Johnson has left this opinion : " John Wesley's conversation is good, but he is never at leisure. He is alicayt obliged to go at a certain hour. This is very disagreeable to a man who loves to fold his legs... | |
| William Mathews - 1883 - 396 psl.
...advice is just what might have been expected from one of whom Dr. Johnson has left this opinion : " John Wesley's conversation is good, but he is never...disagreeable to a man who loves to fold his legs and have out his talk, as I do." Again, that great naval hero and sterling man, Lord Collingwood, gives the... | |
| William Mathews - 1883 - 398 psl.
...expected from one of whom Dr. Johnson has left this opinion : " John Wesley's conversation is good, bill he is never at leisure. He is always obliged to go at n certain hour. This is very disagreeable to a man who loves to fold his legs and have out his talk,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1884 - 348 psl.
...fatiguing voyage, and was just getting into port, this Lord sent out a small cock-boat to pilot me in." John Wesley's conversation is good; but he is never...loves to fold his legs and have his talk out, as I do. Gray's Odes, he once said, are " forced plants, raised in a hotbed; and they are poor plants. They... | |
| James Macaulay - 1884 - 164 psl.
...of putting the State in motion ; now there is no power : all order is relaxed " (1778). JOHN WESLEY. JOHN WESLEY'S conversation is good, but he is never...disagreeable to a man who loves to fold his legs and have out his talk, as I do." * ' * He said, "John Wesley can talk well on any subject." Boswell asked what... | |
| James Boswell - 1884 - 634 psl.
...of any person appearing after death. AH argument is against it; but all belief is for it." He said, "John Wesley's conversation is good, but he is never...leisure. He is always obliged to go at a certain hour. ' Literary Magazine, 1756, p. 37. Johnson's Works, Oxford Ed., vol. vi., p. 42.Editor. 2 The following... | |
| James Boswell - 1884 - 664 psl.
...To pass the lips man never should allow ; Though crime be absent, still disgrace is nigh." Editor. This is very disagreeable to a man who loves to fold his legs and have out his talk, as I do." On Friday, April 3, I dined with him in London, in a company ' where were present... | |
| John Telford - 1885 - 172 psl.
...hours." He replied, " Two hours, madam ! I could talk all day and all night too with your brother." He once said to Boswell, "John Wesley's conversation...to fold his legs, and have his talk out, as I do." On another occasion he said, " I hate to meet John Wesley : the dog enchants you with his conversation,... | |
| 1872 - 630 psl.
...vexed because he was not able to have more of his company. " John Wesley's conversation," said he, " is good, but he is never at leisure. He is always...loves to fold his legs and have his talk out as I do." He met Swedenborg in London shortly before the baron's death, and received from his hands his largest... | |
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