...Being asked . tKj'*hn- if he coul(1 remember Queen Anne, ' He had,' he said, JEt's712' 'a con'Use1^ but somehow a sort of solemn recollection of a lady in diamonds and a long black hood.' This touch, however, was without any effect. Johnson's next interview with royalty, when he met George...

...description of the scene, as it remained upon his fancy. Being asked, if he could remember Queen Anne, "He had," he said, " a confused, but somehow a sort...recollection of a lady in diamonds, and a long black hood." This touch, however, was without any effect. I ventured to say to him, in allusion to the political...

...description of the scene, as it remained upon his fancy. Being asked, if he could remember Queen Anne, " He had," he said, " a confused, but somehow a sort...recollection of a lady in diamonds, and a long black hood." This touch, however, was without any effect. I ventured to say to him, in allusion to the political...

...description of the scene as it remained upon his fancy. Being asked if he could remember Queen Anne, — " He had," he said, "a confused, but somehow a sort...recollection of a lady in diamonds, and a long black hood." \ This touch, however; was without any effect. I ventured to say to him, in allusion to the political...

...authority of the 1 Johnson told Boswell, his biographer, that he remembered the incident, and that " he had a confused, but somehow a sort of solemn recollection of a lady in diamonds and a long black hood." — BOSWELL'S Johnson. 2 See Paragraph No. 531. 3 See Paragraph No. 549. bishops, and to secure to...

...fancy. Being asked hn- *' l'e cou'd remember Queen Anne, ' He had,' he said, *t'3712> <a con^use(l but somehow a sort of solemn recollection of a lady in diamonds and a long black hood.' This touch, however, was without any effect. Johnson's next interview with royalty, when he met George...

...following passage from Boswell may be trusted : ' Dr. Johnson being asked if he could remember Queen Anne, he had, he said, a confused, but somehow a sort of...recollection of a lady in diamonds, and a long black hood.' Respecting Queen Anne's custom of touching for the Evil, Swift writes : — ' I visited the Duchess...

...Licit-field. Being asked, manv years afterwards, if he had any recollection of the event, he replied, " I have a confused, but somehow a sort of solemn recollection, of a lady in diamonds and long black hood." GEOHGK I., in 1714, had the good sense to discontinue this foolcrv ; but "The Office...

...II. (GOLD). the scene as it remained upon his fancy. Being asked if he could remember Queen Anne, ' He had,' he said, ' a confused but somehow a sort...recollection of a lady in diamonds and a long black hood.' This touch, however, was without any effect." The malady remained with Dr. Johnson to his death. After...

...irreparable damage to the auricular organs, which never could perform their functions since I knew him ; and it was owing to that horrible disorder, too, that...recollection of a lady in diamonds, and a long black hood V The christening of his brother he remembered with all its circumstances, and said, his mother taught...