"But Then It Came Back"

From Boswell's Journal (returning to London after traveling through France and Italy):

... Back to London. Immediately to Johnson; received you with open arms. You kneeled & asked blessing. Miss Williams glad of your return. When she went out, he hugged you like a sack and grumbled, "I hope we shall pass many years of regard." You for some minutes saw him not so immense as before, but then it came back.

February 17, 1766