 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
 | William Clark Russell - 1871 - 550 pages
...were taking with Swift 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...a statue, and earnestly gazing upwards at a noble tree which, in its upper branches, was much withered and decayed. Pointing at it, he said, " I shall... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw - 1874 - 446 pages
...were taking with Swift 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...a statue, and earnestly gazing upwards at a noble tree, which, in its upper branches, was much withered and decayed. Pointing at it, he said,' I shall... | |
 | William Lawson (F.R.G.S.) - 1875 - 272 pages
...prime of life. The dean, he tells us, was walking with some friends in the neighbourhood of Dublin : " 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 decayed. Pointing at it, he said, 'I... | |
 | Addison Peale Russell - 1875 - 416 pages
...with some friends in the neighborhood of Dublin. " Perceiving he did not follow us," says Young, " 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 decayed. Pointing at it, he said, '... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw - 1878 - 444 pages
...were taking with Swift 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...a statue, and earnestly gazing upwards at a noble tree, which, in its upper branches, was much withered and decayed. Pointing at it, he said, ' I shall... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1879 - 428 pages
...with some friends in the neighbourhood of Dublin. ' Perceiving he did not follow us,' says Young, ' 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 decayed. Pointing at it, he said :... | |
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - 1880 - 182 pages
...were taking with Swift 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...a statue, and earnestly gazing upwards at a noble tree, which, in its upper branches, was much withered and decayed. Pointing at it, he said, 'I shall... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1880 - 388 pages
...Swift, the latter suddenly paused. " We passed on," says Young ; " but perceiving he did not follow me, 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... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1883 - 530 pages
...as 1717,* we are informed by Dr. Young, that, while walking with Swift about a mile out of Dublin, the Dean stopped short. "We passed on," says the author...found him fixed as a statue, and earnestly gazing upward at a noble elm, * The date is assigned from Dr. Johnson's (or Mr. Croft's) probable conjecture,... | |
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - 1883 - 586 pages
...were taking with Swift 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...a statue: and earnestly gazing upwards at a noble 'tree, which, in its upper branches, was much withered and decayed. Pointing at it, he said, 'I shall... | |
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