 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,...  Life of Jonathan Swift - Pàgina 291per Walter Scott - 1829 - 364 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | 1764 - 198 pàgines
...perceiving he did not follow us, I went back ; and found him fixed as a ftatue, and earneftly gazing upwards at a noble elm, which in its uppermost branches was much withered and decayed : pointing at it, he faid, " I mail be like that tree, I fliall die at top." As in this he feemed to prophefy like the Sybils... | |
 | Charles Henry Wilson - 1804 - 286 pàgines
...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...much withered and decayed. Pointing at it, he said, " I shall be like that tree ; I shall die at top." XXVIII. EDMUND CURLL. The tract printed in the Miscellanies,... | |
 | Charles Henry Wilson - 1804 - 284 pàgines
...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...much withered and decayed. Pointing at it, he said, " I shall be like that tree ; I shall die at top." XXVIII. EDMUND CURLL. The tract printed in the Miscellanies,... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pàgines
...he did not follow us, I went back, and found him " fixed as a statue, and earnestly gazing upwards at a noble elm, which in " its uppermost branches...much withered and decayed. Pointing at it," he said, " I shall be like that .tree, I shall die at top.1' It is not probable, that this visit' to Ireland... | |
 | John Watkins - 1808 - 768 pàgines
...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 withered and decayed. Pointing at it, he said, " I shall be like that tree, I shall die at top." It was under the same impression, doubtless, that... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 494 pàgines
...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...much withered and decayed. Pointing at it, he said, ' I shall be like that tree, I shall die at top.'' la it not probable, that this visit to Ireland was... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 404 pàgines
...we passed on ; but perceiving he V did not follow us, I went back and found him " fixed as a statue, and earnestly gazing upward at " a noble elm, which...much withered and decayed. Pointing at it, he " said, ' I shall be like that tree, I shall die at top'." Is it not probable, that this visit to Ireland was... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 554 pàgines
...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...much withered and decayed. Pointing at it, he said, < I shall be like that tree, I shall die at top.' " Is it not probable, that this visit to Ireland... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 408 pàgines
...did not follow us, I went back and found him " fixed as a statue, and earnestly gazing upward at t' a noble elm, which in its uppermost branches was "...much withered and decayed. Pointing at it, he " said, ' I shall be like that tree, I shall die at top'." Is it not probable, that this visit to Ireland was... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 366 pàgines
...; 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...much withered and decayed. Pointing at it, he said, ' I shall be like that tree, I shall die at top." Is it not probable, that this visit to Ireland was... | |
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