 I have, upon innumerable occasions, observed him suddenly stop, and then seem to count his steps with a deep earnestness ; and when he had neglected or gone wrong in this sort of magical movement, I have seen him go back again, put himself in a proper...  The Monthly Review - Page 3551833Full view - About this book
 | Frederick M. Toates, Frederick Toates, Olga Coschug-Toates - 2002 - 294 pages
...neglected or gone wrong in this sort of magical movement, I have seen him go back again, put himself in a proper posture to begin the ceremony, and, having...abstraction, walk briskly on, and join his companion.' With the help of an opera-glass, looking from a room in Bedford Street, a certain Mr S Whyte was able... | |
 | Bruce M. Hyman, Cherry Pedrick - 2003 - 108 pages
...neglected or gone wrong in this sort of magical movement, I have seen him go back again, put himself in a proper posture to begin the ceremony, and having gone...abstraction, walk briskly on, and join his companion. Johnson also had symptoms of Tourette's syndrome and depression. Despite these ailments, he wrote the... | |
 | William F. Bynum, Roy Porter, Michael Shepherd - 2003 - 352 pages
...neglected or gone wrong in this sort of magical movement, I have seen him go back again, put himself in a proper posture to begin the ceremony, and, having...from his abstraction, walk briskly on, and join his companion.*36 Johnson was thus riddled with private phobias and grotesque compulsions. He even developed... | |
 | Stephen Juan - 2006 - 342 pages
...reports that he observed Johnson "upon innumerable occasions" suddenly stop while walking himself in a proper posture to begin the ceremony, and, having...from his abstraction, walk briskly on, and join his companion.1 According to Rapoport, "Boswell felt that the mannerisms were 'of the convulsive kind'"... | |
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