 | James Boswell - 1799 - 496 pages
...that when he was first introduced to her mother, •his appearance was very forbidding: he was then lean and lank, so that his immense structure of bones...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... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 648 pages
...me, that when he was first introduced to her mother, his appearance was very forbidding : he was then lean and lank, so that his immense structure of bones...hideously striking to the eye, and the scars of the scrophula son, who was with me, and in about half an hour dictated the verses which I sent to my friend.... | |
 | James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1799 - 640 pages
...me, that when he was first introduced to her mother, his appearance was very forbidding: he was then lean and lank, so that his immense structure of bones...hideously striking to the eye, and the scars of the scrophula son, who was with me, and in about half an hour dictated the verses which I sent to my friend.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1805 - 238 pages
...admiration of each others minds. Johnson's appearance Is described as very forbidding. ' He was then leaa and lank, so that his immense structure of bones was...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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1806 - 328 pages
...seized both the chair and the intruder, and furiously cast them togctherintothe pit. But he was then lean and lank, so that his immense structure of bones...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... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1807 - 514 pages
...me, that when he was first introduced to her mother, his appearance was very forbidding : he was then lean and lank, so that his immense structure of bones...hideously striking to the eye, and the scars of the scrophula were deeply visible. lie also wore his hair, which was straight The author having been drawn... | |
 | Robert Anderson - Authors, English - 1815 - 660 pages
...admiration of each other's mind. Johnson's appearance is described as being very forbidding f. " He was then lean and lank; so that his immense structure of bones was hideously striking to * She had a son and daughter ; the former a captain in the navy, from whom his sister inherited a handsome... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - Great Britain - 1816 - 532 pages
...assert) can hardly be admitted, in the usual acceptation of the term : for • Johnsou was at that time " lean and lank, so that his immense structure of bones...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,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1816 - 154 pages
...admiration of each other's minds — Johnson's appearance is described as very forbidding — ' He was then lean and lank, so that his immense structure of bones...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;... | |
 | James Boswell - 1817 - 466 pages
...me, that when he was first introduced to her mother, his appearance was very forbidding; he was then lean and lank, so that his immense structure of bones was hideously striking to the eye, und the scars of the scrophula were deeply visible. He also wore hit) hair, which was straight and... | |
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Porter told me, that when he was first introduced to her mother, his appearance was very forbidding: he was then lean and lank, so that his immense structure of bones was hideously striking to the eye, and the scars of the scrofula were deeply visible. 
