Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Ay, I told you he did not understand Latin!

Tue 25 Aug 1741: I explained at Chelsea the nature and necessity of the new birth. One (who, I afterwards heard, was a Dissenting teacher) asked me when I had done, ‘Quid est tibi nomen?’ And on my not answering, turned in triumph to his companions and said, ‘Ay, I told you he did not understand Latin!’