 I remember," says he, in that letter, speaking of Swift, "as I and others were taking with him an evening walk, about a mile out of Dublin, he stopped short; we passed on; but perceiving he did not follow us, I went back, and found him fixed as a statue,...  Journal of Psychological Medicine - Page 3641849Full view - About this book
 | Jonathan Swift, Walter Scott - 1814 - 686 pages
...frolic to be Virtuous my Lord ; i »r Y"oung, that, while walking with Swift about a mile out of Dublin, the Dean stopped short. " We passed on," says the...found him fixed as a statue, and earnestly gazing upward at a noble elm, which, in its uppermost branches, was much withered and decayed. Pointing at... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 410 pages
...taking with him an " evening walk, about a mile out of Dublin, he " stopped short ; we passed on ; but perceiving he " did not follow us, I went back and found him " fixed as a statue, and earnestl) gazing upward at " a noble elm, which in its uppermost branches was " much withered and decayed.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1820 - 406 pages
...others were taking with him an evening walk, about a mile out of Dublin, he stopped short; we passed on; but perceiving he did not follow us, I went back,...found him fixed as a statue, and earnestly gazing upward at a noble elm, which in its uppermost branches was much withered and decayed. Pointing at it,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 404 pages
...taking with him an " evening walk, about a mile out of Dublin, he " stopped short ; we passed on ; but perceiving he "did not follow us, I went back...found him " fixed as a statue, and earnestly gazing upward at " a noble elm, which in its uppermost branches was " much withered and decayed. Pointing... | |
 | 1821 - 754 pages
...and others, about a mile from Dublin, he suddenly stopped short; we passed on; but perceiving that he did not follow us, I went back and found him fixed as a statue, and earnestly gazing towards a noble elm, which in its uppermost branches was much decayed and withered. Pointing at it,... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 284 pages
...were taking with him ail evening walk, about a mile out of Dublin, he stopped short; we passed on; but perceiving he did not follow us, I went back and...found him fixed as a statue, and earnestly gazing upward at a noble elm, which in its uppermost branches was much withered and decayed. Pointing at it,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1823 - 404 pages
...were taking with him an evening walk, about a mile out of Dublin, he stopped short; we passed on ; but perceiving he did not follow us, I went back and...found him fixed as a statue, and earnestly gazing upward at a noble elm, which in its uppermost branches was much withered and decayed. Pointing at it,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 524 pages
...others were taking with him an evening walk, about a mile out of Dublin, he stopped short: we passed on; but perceiving he did not follow us, I went back and...found him fixed as a statue, and earnestly gazing upward at a noble elm, which in its uppermost branches was much withered and decayed. Pointing at it,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 682 pages
...were taking with him an evening walk, about a mile out of Dublin, he stopped short ; we passed on ; but perceiving he did not follow us, I went back and...found him fixed as a statue, and earnestly gazing upward at a noble elm, which in its uppermost branches was much withered and decayed. Pointing at it,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 750 pages
...taking with him an evening walk, about a mile out Dublin, he stopped short: we passed on; but perceivini he did not follow us, I went back and found him fixed* a statue, and earnestly gazing upward at a noble elm. which in its uppermost branches was much withered... | |
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