 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1816 - 686 pages
...cause. Every attempt at ridiculing this whimsical notion was fruitless ; and he persisted in affirming that his death was certain and inevitable. A numerous...satire, and mirth. He remained, however, unshaken in his strange conviction ; being apparently inanimate in their company, and expressing his indignation... | |
 | 1817 - 492 pages
...and inevitable. A numerous circle of his fellow-students soon assembler), with a view to dispel tlwsc gloomy ideas, and to convince him of his folly, by...satire and mirth. He remained, however, unshaken in his strange conviction ; being apparently inanimate in their company, and expressing his indignation... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 810 pages
...cause. Every attempt at ridiculing this whimsical notion was fruitless; and he persisted in asserting that his death was certain and inevitable. A numerous circle of his fellow students soon assembled, with a view to dispel these gloomy ideas, and to convince him of his... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1816 - 618 pages
...; and he persisted in affirming that his death was certain and inevitable. A numerous circle of bis fellow-students soon assembled, with a view to dispel...satire, and mirth. He remained, however, unshaken in his strange conviction ; being apparently inanimate in their company, and expressing his indignation... | |
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This suddeu change of a cheerful young mind, naturally alarmed his friend ; but no explanation was given of its cause. Every attempt at ridiculing this whimsical notion was fruitless ; and he persisted in affirming that his death was certain and inevitable.... 