...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. It is not...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...

...the more you beat them the better they be. Woman's preaching is like a dog's walking on his hinder legs — it is not done well ; but you are surprised to find it done at all. Women's hearts are made of stout leather ; there's a plaguey sight of wear in them. It is the cowardice...

...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...

...it, and Richard loved that. But he abhorred Samuel Johnson's observation about a dog walking on its hind legs — "It is not done well, but you are surprised to find it done at all" — so it was not mentioned in the program that the drummers had other professions. A month later, at Christmas,...

...Environmental Instruments: An Exercise in Comparison William Bush Dr. Johnson remarked of a dog walking on its hind legs, 'It is not done well; but you are surprised to find it done at all'. Wonderment about the environmental regimes of the Antarctic Treaty System (ATS) depends on what one...

...truly working-class thinker from his homeland was like that of Dr Johnson to the dog walking on its hind legs: it is not done well but you are surprised to find it done at all - and, consequently, you reward the performing mutt with extravagant praise. 'Where among the bourgeoisie...

...Spaniels mentioned? 1344. Who wrote "Sir, a woman's preaching is like a dog's walking on his hinder legs. It is not done well, but you are surprised to find it done at all"? 1345. What was the name of Abram V Courtney's faithful dog who acted as his guide, companion, and bodyguard?...

...to release her own frustrations. 30 'Sir, a woman's preaching is like a dog's walking on his hinder legs. It is not done well; but you are surprised to find it done at all.' See Boswell's Life of Johnson, 1787 (repr. Oxford University Press, 1946), I, p. 309. 3 1 Barthes,...

...Women's preaching did not find favour with Dr. Johnson,6 — "Sir, a woman's 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." But in Johnson's time learned or cultivated women were much more rare than they are now, and they are...

...Ricardo Effekt«, in: FA v. Hayek, Individualismus, aaO., S. 281-323, insb. S. 281 Anm. 3. 10 »It's not done well, but you are surprised to find it done at all.« Anm. d. Übers.: Dieses in England wohlbekannte Zitat bezieht sich ursprünglich darauf, daß eine...