Fuseli's birth and family.--Passion for drawing manifested in his childhood.--His destination for the Church.--Singular cause of _ambidexterity_.--Fuseli's early fondness for entomology.--He enters the Collegium Carolinum at Zurich.--His associates there: Lavater, Usteri, Tomman, Jacob and Felix Hess.--Professors Bodmer and Breitinger.--His partiality for Shakspeare, &c.--His turn for satire called forth at the College.--He courts the Poetic Muse.--Enters into holy orders at the same time with Lavater.--State of Pulpit oratory in Zurich.--Fuseli and Lavater become champions of the public cause against a magistrate of Zurich.--Quits Zurich Page 1 The friends are accompanied in their journey …
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