...; but they cannot bear levelling up to themselves. Ibid. An. 1763. Johnson continued.] Sir, a woman preaching is like a dog's walking on his hind legs....well ; but you are surprised to find it done at all. Boswell's Life of Johnson. An. 1763. A very unclubable man. ibid. An. 1764. A man may write at any...

...a curious fact in this connection. Of this literature 1 Eckermann's Conve nations with Goethe. * ' Sir, a woman's preaching is like a dog's walking on...well ; but you are surprised to find it done at all.' — Dr. Johnson. woman has been the storehouse, the supplying fountain ; of it she has drunk most deeply,...

...that he had heard a woman preach that morning at a Quaker's meeting, Johnson replied, " Sir, a woman preaching is like a dog's walking on his hind legs....well; but you are surprised to find it done at all." We will add that our surprise is all the greater when women of piety mount the pulpit, for they are...

...that he had heard a woman preach that morning at a Quaker's meeting, Johnson replied, " Sir, a woman preaching is like a dog's walking on his hind legs....well; but you are surprised to find it done at all." We will add that our surprise is all the greater when women of piety mount the pulpit, for they are...

...If you speak to him of a Quakers' meeting, and of a woman preaching, he will tell you that ' a woman preaching is like a dog's walking on his hind legs...well, but you are surprised to find it done at all.' 6 He is a Conservative, and does not fear being considered antiquated. He went at one o'clock in the...

...If you speak to him of a Quakers' meeting, and of a woman preaching, he will tell you that ' a woman preaching is like a dog's walking on his hind legs...well, but you are surprised to find it done at all.' * He is a Conservative, and does not fear being considered antiquated. He went at one o'clock in the...

...his affectionate regard. Next day, Sunday, July 31, I told him I had bcen that morning at a mceting of the people called Quakers, where I had heard a...August 2 (the day of my departure from London having bcen fixcd for the 5th), Dr. Johnson did me the honour to pass a part of the morning with me at my...

...away. Next day, Sunday, Boswell told Johnson that he had been at a Quaker's meeting in the morning, and had heard a woman preach. JOHNSON : " Sir, a woman's...surprised to find it done at all." On Tuesday, August 2nd, Boswell had the desire of his heart at last, in being taken to Mrs. Williams's to drink tea. This...

...away. Next day, Sunday, Boswell told Johnson that he had been at a Quaker's meeting in the morning, and had heard a woman preach. JOHNSON : " Sir, a woman's...surprised to find it done at all." On Tuesday, August 2nd, Boswell had the desire of his heart at last, in being taken to Mrs. Williams's to drink tea. This...

...being he included woman." C — ALC w — L. — " Kir, a woman preaching is like a dog walking on its hind legs. It is not done well ; but you are surprised to find it done at all." R — K M. DB — s. — " You'd scarce expect one of my age To speak in public on the stage." N EF...