This is what I parsed it as, as I'm forever asking my 5-year-old what it actually was that he drew (and sometimes he helpfully labels things), although I guess it's true that that's not what the phrase is most likely to mean in modern English (no idea if it's changed since then).
Re: Boswell in Prussia: Meeting Mr. Mitchell
Date: 2020-10-31 04:57 am (UTC)