The history of the life and adventures of Mr. Duncan Campbell : a gentleman, who, tho' deaf and dumb, writes down any stranger's name at first sight, with their future contingencies of fortune : now living in Exeter Court over-against the Savoy in the Strand (1720)
Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731, Bond, William, d. 1735, Gucht, Michael, van der, 1660-1775, engraver · London : Printed for E. Curll, and sold by W. Mears ... [and 5 others] · leaf 107
de open and in a UjVning Po-fture, and that after fo lively a manner, as, atfirfc general thought, made me forget hisDeafnefs and plainly imagin he heard fome-thing, till the Second thought of Refieftionbrought inio m>yMind the Misfortune thatfhut up airPailage for any Sound throughhis Ears,… … ^il/r.DuNCAN Campbell* 71towar<Js me, he made the Sign of a Salute,and hinted to me, upon his Fingers, his defirefor Pen, Ink and Paper, which I reachM himfrom a Httle Desk, that ftood at his Beds-feet Placing the Paper upon his Knees he wroteme the following Lines, which together withmy Anfwers…
