 | 1832 - 852 sayfa
...although he confessed, " 1 never treated VVhitfield's ministry with contempt; I believe he did good. He devoted himself to the lower classes of mankind, and among them he was of use." (Boswell, vol. iii. p. 439.) It it evident that the Tissington ladies were strongly attached to the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1807 - 238 sayfa
...would say be had made a better sermon for that. I never treated Whitefield's ministry with contempt; I believe he did good. He had devoted himself to the...and elegance, we must beat down such pretensions." He would not allow much merit to Whitefield's oratory. " His popularity, Sir (said he), i* chiefly... | |
 | James Boswell - 1816 - 500 sayfa
...had made a better sermon for that. ^TV"-™ I never treated Whitefield's ministry with contempt ; I believe he did good. He had devoted himself to the...what follows : I told him that when 1 objected to keeping company with a notorious infidel, a celebrated friend of ours said to me, " I do not think... | |
 | James Boswell - 1820 - 550 sayfa
...collect a multitude to hear him ; but nowise man would say he had made a better sermon for that. 1 never treated Whitefield's ministry with contempt;...to the lower classes of mankind, and among them he v.-as of use. But when familiarity and noise claim the praise due to knowledge, art, and elegance,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1822 - 458 sayfa
...would say he had made a better sermon for that. I never treated Whitefield's ministry with contempt ; I believe he did good. He had devoted himself to the...time, is only what follows ; I told him that when I objected to keeping company with a notorious infidel, a celebrated friend of ours said to me, " I... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, James Boswell - 1825 - 370 sayfa
...would say he had made a better sermon for that. I never treated Whitefield's ministry with contempt ; I believe he did good. He had devoted himself to the...and elegance, we must beat down such pretensions." He would not allow much merit to Whitefield's oratory. " His popularity, sir (said he), is chiefly... | |
 | James Boswell - 1826 - 416 sayfa
...would say he had made a better sermon for that. I never treated Whitefield's ministry with contempt; I believe he did good. He had devoted himself to the...time, is only what follows : I told him that when I objected to keeping company with a notorious infidel, a celebrated friend of ours said to me, " I... | |
 | James Boswell - 1827 - 622 sayfa
...for that. I never treated Whitefield's ministry with contempt; I believe he did good. He had devptea ain issue." What the Irishman said is totally obliterated...in his expressions : upon which Johnson rose, and pretensions.1' What I have preserved of his conversation during the remainder of my stay in London... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 592 sayfa
...would say he had made a better sermon for that. I never treated Whitefield's ministry with contempt ; I believe he did good. He had devoted himself to the...this time is only what follows : I told him that when I objected to keeping company with a notorious infidel, a celebrated friend of ours said to me, " I... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 584 sayfa
...would say he had made a better sermon for that. I never treated Whitefield's ministry with contempt; I believe he did good. He had devoted himself to the...this time is only what follows: I told him that when I objected to keeping company with a notorious infidel, a celebrated friend of ours said to me, " I... | |
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Astley to preach a sermon standing upon his head on a horse's back, he would collect a multitude to hear him ; but no wise man would say he had made a better sermon for that. I never treated Whitefield's ministry with contempt ; I believe he did good.... 
