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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. "
English Men of Letters: Pope, by Leslie Stephen, 1900; Johnson by Leslie ... - Página 101
1900
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The table talk of Samuel Johnson

Samuel Johnson - 1867 - 158 páginas
...share they have of it, the more afraid they are of losing it. FEMALE PREACHERS. A woman's 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. EDUCATION OF CHILDREN. Sir, it is no matter what you teach them first, any more than what leg you shall...
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Familiar Quotations: Being an Attempt to Trace to Their Source : Passages ...

John Bartlett - 1868 - 828 páginas
...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. It is not...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...
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The Southern Review, Volumen5

Albert Taylor Bledsoe, Sophia M'Ilvaine Bledsoe Herrick - 1869 - 530 páginas
...connection. Of this literature 1 Eckermann's Conve nations with Goethe. * ' Sir, a woman's 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.' — Dr. Johnson. woman has been the storehouse, the supplying fountain ; of it she has drunk most deeply,...
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Feathers for Arrows: Or, Illustrations from My Note Book

Charles Haddon Spurgeon - 1870 - 294 páginas
...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. It is not...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...
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Feathers for Arrows; Or, Illustrations for Preachers and Teachers, from My ...

Charles Haddon Spurgeon - 1870 - 312 páginas
...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. It is not...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...
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History of English Literature, Volumen2

Hippolyte Taine - 1871 - 586 páginas
...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 ; it is not...well, but you are surprised to find it done at all.' 5 He is a Conservative, and does not fear being considered antiquated. He went at one o'clock in the...
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History of English literature, tr. by H. van Laun, Volumen2

Hippolyte Adolphe Taine - 1871 - 570 páginas
...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 ; it is not...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...
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Life and Conversations of Dr. Samuel Johnson: (founded Chiefly Upon Boswell).

Alexander Main - 1874 - 482 páginas
...Quaker's meeting in the morning, and had heard a woman preach. JOHNSON : " Sir, a woman's 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." On Tuesday, August 2nd, Boswell had the desire of his heart at last, in being taken to Mrs. Williams's...
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LIFE AND CONSERVATIONS OF DR. SAMUEL JOHNSON (FOUNDED CHIEFLY UPON BOSWELL).

ALEXANDER MAIN - 1874 - 484 páginas
...Quaker's meeting in the morning, and had heard a woman preach. JOHNSON : " Sir, a woman's 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." On Tuesday, August 2nd, Boswell had the desire of his heart at last, in being taken to Mrs. Williams's...
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The Blue and Gold, Volumen16

1889 - 352 páginas
...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...
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