 | J. Albert Swallow - English literature - 1895 - 178 pages
...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... | |
 | English literature - 1895 - 1056 pages
...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... | |
 | Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh - Speeches, addresses, etc - 1900 - 470 pages
...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, Wesley—a bright and glorious figure of the last century,... | |
 | James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1900 - 928 pages
...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... | |
 | James Boswell - 1900 - 546 pages
...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... | |
 | Literature - 1903 - 996 pages
...time for it. Samuel Johnson, who met him repeatedly and was well acquainted with his sister Mrs. Hall, once said to Boswell : " John Wesley's conversation...loves to fold his legs and have his talk out as I do." In truth, Wesley perhaps was not always a very entertaining companion. He was not cold or unsympathetic,... | |
 | Sir Perceval Maitland Laurence - Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) - 1903 - 360 pages
...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.) - Methodism - 1904 - 296 pages
...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 - 1590 pages
...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... | |
 | Wesleyan University (Middletown, Conn.) - Methodism - 1904 - 298 pages
...but he is never at leisure. He always has to go at a certain hour; which is very disagreeable to one who loves to fold his legs and have his talk out, as I do." And Johnson was right — as usual. Wesley was never known to be in a hurry, for he was the most methodical... | |
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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. 
