John Wesley's conversation is good, but he is never at leisure. He is always obliged to go at a certain hour. This is very disagreeable to a man who loves to fold his legs and have out his talk, as I do. The English Review - Página 2021849Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
| James Boswell - 1889 - 464 páginas
...auy 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...at leisure. He is always obliged to go at a certain hoar. This is very disagreeable to a man who loves to fold his legs and have out his talk, as I do."... | |
| James Boswell - 1890 - 568 páginas
...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...leisure. He is always obliged to go at a certain hour. This is very disagreeable to a man who loves to fold his legs and have out his talk, as I do." On Friday,... | |
| 1893 - 1054 páginas
...тик KEN COUNTHY.— p. 69. 1|R," «aid Dr. Johnson. addressing Buswell at breakfast in Bolt Court, "John Wesley's conversation is good, but he is never...leisure. He is always obliged to go at a certain hour. This is very disagreeable to a man who loves to fold his legs and have out his talk as I do." * The... | |
| William M. Thayer - 1894 - 248 páginas
...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...leisure. He is always obliged to go at a certain hour. This is very disagreeable to a man who loves to fold his legs and have out his talk, as I do." A quaint... | |
| 1895 - 1056 páginas
...piety''. •) Two years later (1778), speaking of Wesley's personal character, the Doctor remarked : "His conversation is good, but he is never at leisure. He is always obliged to go at a certain hour. This is very disagreeable to a man who loves to fold his legs, and have out his talk, as I do." 3)... | |
| J. Albert Swallow - 1895 - 178 páginas
...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. He is always obliged to go at a certain hour. This is very disagreeable to a man who loves to fold his legs, and have out his talk, as I do." 3)... | |
| Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh - 1900 - 470 páginas
...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...leisure. He is always obliged to go at a certain hour. This is very disagreeable to a man who loves to fold his legs and have out his talk, as I do." But,... | |
| James Boswell - 1900 - 928 páginas
...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...bad not yet reached him. t History of Philip the This is very disagreeable to a man who loves to fold his legs and have out his talk, as I do." On Friday,... | |
| James Boswell - 1900 - 546 páginas
...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...leisure. He is always obliged to go at a certain hour. This is very disagreeable to a man who loves to fold his legs and have out his talk, as I do." On Friday,... | |
| John Fletcher Hurst - 1903 - 336 páginas
...who once shared his room and wished to converse at sleeping time. Dr. Johnson once said to Boswell: "John Wesley's conversation is good, but he is never...leisure. He is always obliged to go at a certain hour. This is very disagreeable to a man who loves to fold his legs and have his talk out, as I do." On another... | |
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