...himself with a paralytic stroke, he prayed that his intellect be spared: "I was alarmed, and prayed God, that however he might afflict my body, he would...not very good, but I knew them not to be very good" (quoted by Bate 1975: 575). Such skills were of practical use when scholars trained for careers in...

...understand a triangle. Then, a stroke: "... I felt a confusion and indistinctness in my head . . . prayed God that however He might afflict my body He would spare my understanding." —This he prayed in Latin, but knew the lines were bad. "I ... concluded myself to be unimpaired in my faculties."...

...understand a triangle. Then, a stroke: "... I felt a confusion and indistinctness in my head . . . prayed God that however He might afflict my body He would spare my understanding." j. —This he prayed in Latin, but knew the lines were bad. "I ... concluded myself to be unimpaired...

...and indistinctness in my head that lasted, I suppose, about half a minute. I was alarmed, and prayed God, that however he might afflict my body, he would...made in Latin verse. The lines were not very good: I made them easily and concluded myself to be unimpaired in my faculties . . . Soon after I perceived...

...word "unpoetrylessness" puts my thesis about Arnold's criticism in a nutshell. alarmed, and prayed God, that however he might afflict my body, he would...easily, and concluded myself to be unimpaired in my faculties.14 As Johnson, so Empedocles: uneasy in his bonds, yet not about to deny what bonds they...

...our intellect: in one letter, on experiencing die onset of a stroke, Johnson was alarmed and prayed God, that however he might afflict my body he would spare my understanding.902 'remember with thankfulness the blessings so long enjoyed by me in the society of...

...later (19 June 1783) he described the stroke to Hester Thrale by writing: "I was alarmed, and prayed God, that however he might afflict my body he would...faculties I made in Latin verse. The lines were not good, but I knew them not to be very good, I made them easily, and concluded myself to be unimpaired...

...and indistinctness in my head which lasted, I suppose about half a minute; I was alarmed and prayed God, that however he might afflict my body he would spare my understanding.... Soon after I perceived that I had suffered a paralytick stroke, and that my Speech was taken from me....

..."might try the integrity of his faculties," was made in Latin verse. "The lines" he wrote, were not very good. I made them easily, and concluded myself to be unimpaired in my faculties." "Soou after, I perceived that I had suffered a paralytic stroke, and that my speech was taken away...

...and indistinctness in my head which lasted, l suppose, about half a minute. l was alarmed and prayed God that however he might afflict my body he would spare my understanding. Soon after l perceived that l had suffered a paralytic stroke and that my speech was taken from me....