 ... were deeply visible. He also wore his hair, which was straight and stiff", and separated behind ; and he often had, seemingly, convulsive starts and odd gesticulations, which tended to excite at once surprise and ridicule.  The North American Miscellany - Pagina 11851Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 496 pagina’s
...hideously striking to the eye, and the scars of the scrophula were deeply visible. He also wore his hair, which was straight and stiff, and separated behind...odd gesticulations, which tended to excite at once surprize and ridicule. Mrs. Porter was so much engaged by his conversation that she overlooked all... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 640 pagina’s
...(post, Nov. 29, 1783). were 1 10 Mrs. Porter. [AD 173«. were deeply visible1. He also wore his hair*, which was straight and stiff, and separated behind...odd gesticulations, which tended to excite at once surprize and ridicule'. Mrs. Porter was so much engaged by his conversation that she overlooked all... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 648 pagina’s
...130), the other who died in 1783 (post, Nov. 29, 1783). were deeply visible'. He also wore his hair', which was straight and stiff, and separated behind...odd gesticulations, which tended to excite at once surprize and ridicule'. Mrs. Porter was so much engaged by his conversation that she overlooked all... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 328 pagina’s
...hideously striking to the eye, and the scars of the scrophula were deeply visible. He wore his own hair, which was straight and stiff, and separated behind ; and he often had seeming convulsive starts and odd gesticulations, which tended to excite at once surprize and ridicule.... | |
 | Robert Anderson - 1815 - 660 pagina’s
...know him, the eye, and the scars of the scrophula were deeply visible. He also wore his hair, whichwas straight and stiff, and separated behind ; and he...convulsive starts and odd gesticulations, which tended at once, to excite surprise and ridicule." Mrs Porter was double the age of Johnson, and her person... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 532 pagina’s
...hideously striking to the eye, and the scars of the scrophula were deeply visible. He also wore his hair, which was straight and stiff and separated behind,...which tended to excite at once surprise and ridicule : while she (according to Garrick) was very fat, with a bosom of more than ordinary protuberance ;... | |
 | James Boswell - 1817 - 466 pagina’s
...hideously striking to the eye, und the scars of the scrophula were deeply visible. He also wore hit) hair, which was straight and stiff, and separated behind;...odd gesticulations, which tended to excite at once surprize and ridicule. Mrs. Porter was so much engaged by his conversation that she everlooked all... | |
 | James Boswell - 1820 - 442 pagina’s
...the scars of the scropliula were deeply visible. He also wore his hair, which was straight and still, and separated behind; and he often had seemingly,...odd gesticulations, which tended to excite at once surprize and ridicule. Mrs. Porter was so much engaged by his conversation that she everlooked all... | |
 | 1826 - 602 pagina’s
...lean and lank, with an immense structure of bones hideously striking to the eye, and that he had often convulsive starts and odd gesticulations, which tended to excite at once surprise and ridicule. In after-life he became more rotund in shape, but not a whit less eccentric in manner. I/ml Chesterfield... | |
 | James Boswell - 1822 - 508 pagina’s
...hideously striking to the eye, and the scars of the scrophula were deeply visible. He also wore his hair, which was straight and stiff, and separated behind...much engaged by his conversation that she overlooked ah1 these external disadvantages, and said to her daughter, " this is the most sensible man that I... | |
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