 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1820 - 372 pages
...Sunday, Boswell told him he had been that morning at a meeting of the people called Quakers, where he heard a woman preach. JOHNSON. " Sir, a woman's preaching...well ; but you are surprised to find it done at all." " The Christian religion has very strong evidences. It, indeed, appears in some degree strange to reason... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1820 - 384 pages
...been that morning at a meeting of the people called Quakers, where he heard a woman preach. JOHM-ON. " Sir, a woman's preaching is like a dog's walking on...well ; but you are surprised to find it done at all." " The Christian religion has very strong evidences. It, indeed, appears in some degree strange to reason... | |
 | James Boswell - 1821 - 376 pages
...celebrated by a description, as it afterwards was, in his " Journey to the Western Islands.'.' After we had again talked of my setting out for Holland, he said,...the honour to pass a part of the morning with me at my chambers. He said, that " he always felt an inclination to do nothing." I observed, that it was... | |
 | James Boswell - 1821 - 376 pages
...great mark of his affectionate regard. Next day, Sunday, July 31, I told him I had been that mornmg at a meeting of the people called Quakers, where I...the honour to pass a part of the morning with me at my chambers. He said, that " he always felt an inclination to do nothing." I observed, that it was... | |
 | British prose literature - 1821 - 372 pages
...Sunday, Boswell told him he had been that niorning at a meeting of the people called Quakers, where he heard a woman preach. JOHNSON. "- Sir, a woman's preaching...well ; but you are surprised to find it done at all." " The Christian religion has very strong evidences. It, indeed, appears in some degree strange to reason... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1822 - 508 pages
...unexpected and very great mark of his affectionate regard. Next day, Sunday, July 31, I told him I bad been that morning at a meeting of the people called...well ; but you are surprised to find it done at all." felt an inclination to do nothing." I observed, that it was strange to think that the most indolent... | |
 | James Boswell - 1822 - 514 pages
...unexpected and very great mark of his affectionate regard. Next day, Sunday, July 31, I told him I had l>een that morning at a meeting of the people called Quakers,...well ; but you are surprised to find it done at all." felt an inclination to do nothing." I observed, that it was strange to think that the most indolent... | |
 | James Boswell - 1824 - 454 pages
...celebrated by a description, as it afterwards was, in his " Journey to the Western Islands." After he had again talked of my setting out for Holland, he said,...Dr. Johnson did me the honour to pass a part of the morningwith me at my chambers. He said, that " he always felt an inclination to do nothing." I observed,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1826 - 440 pages
...upon this unexpected and very great mark of his affectionate regard. Next day, Sunday, July 31, I fold him I had been that morning at a meeting of the people...the honour to pass a part of the morning with me at my chambers. He said, that " he always felt an inclination to do nothing." I observed, that it was... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1826 - 442 pages
...meeting of the people called quakers, where \ I had heard a woman preach. JOHNSON. " Sir, a wo- \ man's preaching is like a dog's walking on his hind legs....the honour to pass a part of the morning with me at my chambers. He said, that " he always felt an inclination to do nothing." I observed, that it was... | |
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Sir, a woman's preaching is like a dog's walking on his hind legs. It is not done well ; but you are surprised to find it done at all. 
