...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...disagreeable to a man who loves to fold his legs and have out his talk, as I do." He was very silent this evening; and read in a variety of books ; suddenly...

...of the men than a remark of Johnson's, made when he is sixty -nine and Wesley five years older ? " 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." 1 Admitting that, to the world, Wesley appears pre-eminently the man of action,...

...Samuel Johnson complained because Wesley was so busy that he made it uncomfortable for "one who likes to fold his legs and have his talk out, as I do," and also said frankly to Boswell, that "whatever might be thought of some Methodist preachers, he could...

...What passed at that interview ? It was a rare opportunity. A few years before, Johnson had remarked, " 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." Now at last the two old men, who perhaps had influenced the minds and hearts...

...happiness which I ever saw." Dr. Johnson found no fault with him, save that he had no time for talk. "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." Wesley's legs, as we have seen, were happier astride a horse on his way to...

...of comment repeated by Boswell gives us a personal glimpse of Wesley in the very words of Johnson: "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." No wonder that a man who usually began the 131 day by preaching at five o'clock...

...could talk well on any subject." But one thing the renowned autocrat could not endure. Wesley was " never at leisure." " He is always obliged to go at a certain hour. That is very disagreeable to a man who loves to fold his legs and have out his talk, as I do." 3 But...

...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,...

...across, and Johnson did not like him any the better for it. " John Wesley's conversation," he said, " is good, but he is never at leisure. He is always...disagreeable to a man who loves to fold his legs and have out his talk as I do." Conversation came to be by far the largest pleasure of his life, as indeed it...

...I O God, O God of grace ! Cover his face.' " Hurry, Hurry, Hurry "John Wesley," said Dr. Johnson," is never at leisure. He is always obliged to go at...disagreeable to a man who loves to fold his legs and have out his talk, as I do." If Dr. Johnson were living in America today he would find that all of us were...