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" 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 202
1849
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The Wordsworth Dictionary of Quotations

Connie Robertson - 1998 - 686 páginas
...fishing I can only compare to a stick and a string, with a worm at one end and a fool at the other. 5160 10701 'Prometheus Unbound' This is very disagreeable to a man who loves to fold his legs and have his talk out as I do. 5161 The...
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Life of Johnson

James Boswell - 1998 - 1540 páginas
...of 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 at leisure. He is always ohliged to go at a certain hour. This is very disagreeable to a man who loves to fold his legs and...
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English Spirituality: From 1700 to the Present Day

Gordon Mursell - 2001 - 604 páginas
...95. 690. Letters vol. 6, p. 292, 1777. Not everyone agreed with this view. Samuel Johnson commented: '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' (Boswell,...
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The Financial Aspects of John Wesley's British Methodism (1720-1791)

Samuel J. Rogal - 2002 - 186 páginas
...The phrase "spent an hour" calls to mind Samuel Johnson's complaint about visiting with John Wesley: "'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.'" See...
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Palaver at the Pony

Lainie Montaigne - 2004 - 222 páginas
...Man I get your drift, Teddy, but one can get too serious — to "never be at leisure," as it were. "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 1 do." Samuel...
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The Social Achievements of the Christian Church

Edmund Henry Oliver - 2004 - 208 páginas
...Wesley consecrated every energy. Dr. Johnson complained that Wesley was too busy for conversation — "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." Brash...
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Theology Through Preaching: The Gospel and the Christian Life

Colin E. Gunton - 2005 - 228 páginas
...relatively new one? According to this book, John Wesley was the first busy man. Dr Johnson said of him, '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.' Robert...
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Leading Lives That Matter: What We Should Do and Who We Should Be

Mark R. Schwen, Dorothy C. Bass - 2006 - 580 páginas
...Methodist preacher who logged thousands of miles on horseback while traveling around England to preach, 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. It would,...
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Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country, Volume 32

James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch - 1845 - 792 páginas
...time." Now this is precisely the sort of advice we should have expected from one of whom Johnson has left this character : " John Wesley's conversation...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 1 do." To be...
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Fraser's Magazine, Volume 32

1845 - 778 páginas
...time." Now this is precisely the sort of advice we should have expected from one of whom Johnson has left this character : " John Wesley's conversation...leisure. He is always obliged to go at a certain hour. This is very disagreeable to a man who loves to fold nis legs and have put his talk, as I do." To be...
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