...Boswell told Johnson that he had heard a Quaker woman preach. " A woman's preaching," said Johnson, " is like a dog's walking on his hind legs. It is not...well ; but you are surprised to find it done at alL" So friendly had the pair become, that when Boswell left England to continue his studies at Utrecht,...

...was especially severe on woman appearing in public life as a preacher, when he said, "Sirs, 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 are not surprised to find woman a public teacher and in many departments she has proven herself...

...largely upon such sayings as "Being in a ship is like being in gaol with the chance of drowning," or "A woman's preaching is like a dog's walking on his...well, but you are surprised to find it done at all." In such scraps of homely comment the practical sense of the age expressed itself as vividly and rememberably...

...Christian husbands will keep faith with their wives. H. sienidewic*. Sir, a woman preaching is like a dog walking on his hind legs. It is not done well, but you are surprised to find it done at all. Dr John80n. Attend your church, the parson cries; To church each fair one goes; The old go there to...

...to a Quaker meeting, and heard a woman preach, he replied, " Sir, a woman preaching is like a doe: walking on his hind legs. It is not done well, but you are surprised to find it done at all." The great Doctor was very fond of the pleasures of the table. His biographer says : " I never knew...

...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,...On Tuesday, August 2, (the day of my departure from Ix>ndon having been fixed for the 5th,) Dr. Johnson did me the honour to pass apart of the morning...

...felt upon this unexpected and very great mark of his affectionate regard. Next day, Sunday, July 3, I told him I had been that morning at a meeting of...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...

...felt upon this unexpected and very great mark of his affectionate regard. Next day, Sunday, July 3, I told him I had been that morning at a meeting of...my departure from London having been fixed for the sth,) Dr. Johnson did me the honour to pass a part of the morning with me at my chambers. He said,...

...Dr. Johnson said his prayer was a very good one.» «Next Sunday, July 3ist, I told him I had been at a meeting of the people called Quakers, where I...well, but you are surprised to find it done at all.»> The best-known edition is Croker's, upon which Macaulay poured out the vials of his wrath; but the...

...and to celibacy is the earliest proof we have of the power of Ann Lee. Chapter Three She-Preachers Sir, a woman's preaching is like a dog's walking on...well, but you are surprised to find it done at all. — Dr. Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) Mother Jane Wardley was a "prophetess filled with the Holy Spirit"...