| William M. Thayer - 1894 - 248 psl.
...he held that in brevity there was more real enjoyment and far greater power. Johnson said of him, " Wesley's conversation is good, but he is never at...disagreeable to a man who loves to fold his legs and have out his talk, as I do." A quaint old English divine, by the name of Fuller, was renowned for his orderly... | |
| J. Albert Swallow - 1895 - 178 psl.
...piety". 2) Two years later (1778), speaking of Wesley's personal character, the Doctor remarked : "His conversation is good, but he is never at leisure....disagreeable to a man who loves to fold his legs, and have out his talk, as I do." 3) As a comment on this utterance we may call attention to the fact that Wesley... | |
| 1895 - 1056 psl.
...piety''. ) Two years later (1778), speaking of Wesley's personal character, the Doctor remarked : "His conversation is good, but he is never at leisure....disagreeable to a man who loves to fold his legs, and have out his talk, as I do." 3) As a comment on this utterance we may call attention to the fact that Wesley... | |
| James Boswell - 1900 - 546 psl.
...any person appearing after death. All argument is against it ; but all belief is for it." He said, "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." On Friday, April 3, I dined with him in London, in a company where were present... | |
| Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh - 1900 - 470 psl.
...the terrible hatred of inherited melancholia. He loved to talk, and he hated to be alone. He said: " 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." But, of course, Wesleya bright and glorious figure of the last century,... | |
| James Boswell - 1900 - 928 psl.
...any person appearing after death. All argument is against it ; but all belief is for it." He said, " By the then coarse of the post, my long letter of...thought. Be assured, my dear Sir, that my affecti out his talk, as I do." On Friday, April 3, 1 dined with him in London, in a company^*2 where were... | |
| John Fletcher Hurst - 1903 - 336 psl.
...rebuke to a young preacher who once shared his room and wished to converse at sleeping time. Dr. Johnson 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,... | |
| Sir Perceval Maitland Laurence - 1903 - 360 psl.
...the waiter in the cellar of the Hummums. Of Wesley Johnson said " He can talk well on any subject, but he is never at leisure. He is always obliged to...disagreeable to a man who loves to fold his legs and have out his talk, as I do." Wesley mentions in his " Journal" having read Johnson's own account of his... | |
| Wesleyan University (Middletown, Conn.) - 1904 - 296 psl.
...autobiography. One day Wesley wrote : " Leisure and I have taken leave of each other." Then Sam Johnson said : " Wesley's conversation is good, but he is never at...to fold his legs and have his talk out, as I do." But Johnson was a half man and did not understand, any more than Pilate understood the moral earnestness... | |
| James Boswell - 1904 - 1594 psl.
...any person appearing after death. All argument is against it ; but all belief is for it.' He said, , when it came to a second edition. Considering the...compilations, and works requiring not much more genius than out his talk, as I do.' On Friday, April 3, 1 dined with him in London, in a company where were present... | |
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