 Here Reynolds is laid, and, to tell you my mind, He has not left a wiser or better behind. His pencil was striking, resistless, and grand ; His manners were gentle, complying, and bland : Still born to improve us in every part, His pencil our faces, his...  The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith - Page 594by Oliver Goldsmith - 1869 - 695 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1800 - 192 pages
...accuse him of that: Perhaps he confided in men as they go, And so was too foolishly honest ? Ah no ! Then what was his failing ? come tell it, and burn...coxcombs averse, yet most civilly steering, When they judg'd without skill he was still hard of hearing; When they talk'd of their Raphaels, Corregios and... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edmond Malone - 1801 - 440 pages
...the amiable friend of the younger Scipio, — the mitis sapientia Laeli,53 may convey to posterity " His pencil was striking, resistless, and grand ; "...averse, yet most civilly steering, — " When they judg'd without skill, he was still hard of hearing; " When they talk'd of their RafFaelles, Correggios,... | |
 | John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - 1803 - 716 pages
...lines written on this great artist by his friend Goldsmith, are too characteristic to be omitted. " Here Reynolds is laid ; and, to tell you my mind,...coxcombs averse, yet most civilly steering, When they judg'd without skill, he was still hard of hearing; When they talk'd of their Raphaels, Correggios,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1805 - 264 pages
...accuse him of that : Perhaps he confided in men as they go, And so was too foolishly honest ? Ah no ! Then what was his failing? come, tell it, and burn...coxcombs averse, yet most civilly steering, When they judg'd without skill he was still hard of hearing ; When they talk'd of their Raphaels, Corregios,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 pages
...accuse him of that: Perhaps he confided in men as they go, And so was too foolishly honest ? ah, no ! Then what was his failing ? come tell it, and burn...coxcombs averse, yet most civilly steering, When they judg'd without skill he was still bard of bearing : When they talk'd of theirRaphaels.Corregios and... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edmond Malone - 1809 - 430 pages
...the amiable friend of the younger Scipio,—the mitis fapicntia Lseli, 53 may convey to posterity " Here Reynolds is laid, and, to tell you my mind, "...averse, yet most civilly steering,— " When they judg'd without skill, he was still hard of hearing; " When they talk'd of their Raffaelles, Correggios,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1809 - 322 pages
...not left a wiser or better behind ? His pencil was striking, resistless, and grand ; His manners was gentle, complying, and bland ; Still born to improve...coxcombs averse, yet most civilly steering, When they judg'd without skill, he was still hard of hearing : When they talk'd of their Raphaels, Corregios,... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1810 - 528 pages
...Goldsmith, in his imaginary epitaph on Sir Joshua, has pleasantly alluded to his defect of hearing: Here Reynolds is laid; and, to tell you my mind, He...coxcombs averse, yet most civilly steering, When they judg'd without skill, he was still hard of hearing; When they talk'd of their Eaffaelles, Corregios,... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1810 - 532 pages
...Goldsmith, in his imaginary epitaph on Sir Joshua, has pleasantly alluded to his defect of hearing: Here Reynolds is laid; and, to tell you my mind, He...coxcombs averse, yet most civilly steering, When they judg'd without skill, he was still hard of hearing ; When they talk'd of their Raffaelles, Corregios,... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1810 - 530 pages
...Goldsmith, in his imaginary epitaph on Sir Joshua, has pleasantly alluded to his defect of hearing: Here Reynolds is laid; and, to tell you my mind, He...coxcombs averse, yet most civilly steering, When they judg'd without skill, he was still hard of hearing; When they talk'd of their Raffaelles, Corregios,... | |
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