Read the excerpt from Life of Samuel Johnson.This was his anxious care to go out or in at a door or passage by a certain number of steps from a certain point, or at least so as that his right or his left foot, (I am not certain which,) should constantly make the first actual movement when he came close to the door or passage. Thus I conjecture: for 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 posture to begin the ceremony, and, having gone through it, break from his abstraction, walk briskly on, and join his companion.What inference can you make about Samuel Johnson?Works CitedBoswell, James. Life of Samuel Johnson. London, 1791. Johnson had some peculiar habits. Johnson enjoyed physical activity. Johnson embraced the fine art of dancing. Johnson perfected the art of magic.
Read the excerpt from Life of Samuel Johnson.This was his anxious care to go out or in at a door or passage by a certain number of steps from a certain point, or at least so as that his right or his left foot, (I am not certain which,) should constantly make the first actual movement when he came close to the door or passage. Thus I conjecture: for 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 posture to begin the ceremony, and, having gone through it, break from his abstraction, walk briskly on, and join his companion.What inference can you make about Samuel Johnson?Works CitedBoswell, James. Life of Samuel Johnson. London, 1791. Johnson had some peculiar habits. Johnson enjoyed physical activity. Johnson embraced the fine art of dancing. Johnson perfected the art of magic.
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Read the excerpt from Life of Samuel Johnson.
This was his anxious care to go out or in at a door or passage by a certain number of steps from a certain point, or at least so as that his right or his left foot, (I am not certain which,) should constantly make the first actual movement when he came close to the door or passage. Thus I conjecture: for 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 posture to begin the ceremony, and, having gone through it, break from his abstraction, walk briskly on, and join his companion.
What inference can you make about Samuel Johnson?
Works Cited
Boswell, James. Life of Samuel Johnson. London, 1791.
This was his anxious care to go out or in at a door or passage by a certain number of steps from a certain point, or at least so as that his right or his left foot, (I am not certain which,) should constantly make the first actual movement when he came close to the door or passage. Thus I conjecture: for 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 posture to begin the ceremony, and, having gone through it, break from his abstraction, walk briskly on, and join his companion.
What inference can you make about Samuel Johnson?
Works Cited
Boswell, James. Life of Samuel Johnson. London, 1791.
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Johnson had some peculiar habits.
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Johnson enjoyed physical activity.
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Johnson embraced the fine art of dancing.
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Johnson perfected the art of magic.
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