 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
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, Truman Jay Backus - 1884 - 508 pages
...Dnbliii. he stopped short; we passed on ; but perceiving he did no! follow us I went back and fonnd him fixed as a statue, and earnestly gazing upwards at a noble tree, which, in its upper branches, was much withered unit decayed. Pointing at it, he said, • I... | |
 | Maude Gillette Phillips - 1885 - 728 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 - 1886 - 396 pages
...with him, made a sudden pause. ' 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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1890 - 480 pages
...others were taking with him an evening walk, about a mile out of Dublin, he stopt 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,"... | |
 | Truman Jay Backus - 1897 - 510 pages
...to perceive how petty and ridiculous our politics, our wars, and our ambitions would appear to the he did not follow us I went back and found him fixed...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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1905 - 582 pages
...others were taking with him an evening walk about a mile out of Dublin he stopt 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,... | |
 | Charles Wells Moulton - 1910 - 616 pages
...others were taking with him an evening walk, about a mile from 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,... | |
 | Henry Charles Shelley - 1914 - 360 pages
...2174, f. 310. walk, about a mile out of Dublin, he 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 upward at a noble elm, which in its uppermost branches was much withered and decayed. Pointing at it,... | |
 | Edward Young - 1917 - 150 pages
...an evenings' walk, about a mile out of Dublin, he 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 upward at a noble elm which in its uppermost branches was much withered and decayed. Pointing at it... | |
 | Edward Young - 1917 - 140 pages
...an evenings' walk, about a mile out of Dublin, he 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 upward at a noble elm which in its uppermost branches was much withered and decayed. Pointing at it... | |
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