 ... at a very early period, marked his character, gathered such strength in his twentieth year, as to afflict him in a dreadful manner. While he was at Lichfield, in the college vacation of the year 1729 ', he felt himself overwhelmed with a horrible...  Dr. Johnson, His Friends and His Critics - Page 209by George Birkbeck Norman Hill - 1878 - 345 pagesFull view - About this book
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 496 pages
...he was at Lichfield, in the college vacation of the year 1720, he felt himself overwhelmed with an horrible hypochondria, with perpetual irritation,...dejection, gloom, and despair, which made existence misery. From this dismal malady he never afterwards was perfectly relieved; and all his labours, and all his... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 640 pages
...he was at Lichfield, in the college vacation of the year 1729', he felt himself overwhelmed with an horrible hypochondria, with perpetual irritation,...; and with a dejection, gloom, and despair, which 1 Hector, In his account of Johnson's early life, says : — ' After a long absence from Lichfield,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 648 pages
...he was at Lichfield, in the college vacation of the year 1729', he felt himself overwhelmed with an horrible hypochondria, with perpetual irritation,...impatience; and with a dejection, gloom, and despair, which ' Hector, in his account of Johnson's early life, says :— ' After a long absence from Lichfield,... | |
 | Robert Anderson - 1815 - 660 pages
...constitution, gathered such strength as to afflict him in a dreadful manner. He was overwhelmed with an horrible hypochondria, with perpetual irritation,...impatience, and with a dejection, gloom, and despair, that made existence misery. He fancied himself seized by, or approaching to insanity ; in conformity... | |
 | James Boswell - 1821 - 398 pages
...in the college vacation of the year 1729, he felt himself overwhelmed with a horrible hypochrondria, with perpetual irritation, fretfulness, and impatience...dejection, gloom, and despair, which made existence misery. From this dismal malady he never afterwards was perfectly relieved ; and all his labours, and all his... | |
 | James Boswell - 1821 - 394 pages
...in the college vacation of the year 1729, he felt himself overwhelmed with a horrible hypochrondria, with perpetual irritation, fretfulness, and impatience...dejection, gloom, and despair, which made existence misery. From this dismal malady he never afterwards was perfectly relieved ; and all his labours, and all his... | |
 | James Boswell - 1822 - 508 pages
...he was at Lichfield, in the college vacation of the year 1729, he felt himself overwhelmed with an horrible hypochondria, with perpetual irritation,...dejection, gloom, and despair, which made existence misery. From this dismal malady he never afterwards was perfectly relieved ; and all his labours, and all his... | |
 | James Boswell - 1822 - 514 pages
...he ielt himself overwhelmed with an horrible hypochondria, with perpetual irritation, fretfiilness, and impatience ; and with a dejection, gloom, and despair, which made existence misery. From this dismal malady he never afterwards was perfectly relieved ; and all his labours, and all his... | |
 | James Boswell - 1826 - 440 pages
...he was at Lichfield, in the college vacation of the year 1729, he felt himself overwhelmed with an horrible hypochondria, with perpetual irritation,...dejection, gloom, and despair, which made existence misery. From this dismal malady he never afterwards was perfectly relieved ; and all his labours, and all his... | |
 | James Boswell - 1827 - 576 pages
...vacation of the year 17;-'!», he felt himself overwhelmed with a horrible hvpochondria, with jierjietual irritation, fretfulness, and impatience ; and with...dejection, gloom, and despair, which made existence misery. From this dismal malady he never afterward was perfectlv relieved ; and all his labours, and all his... | |
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