 | 1840 - 534 lehte
...there alluded to, was brought on by a dangerous illness, which he suffered at Rome. To coxcombs avcrso, yet most civilly steering ; When they judged without skill, he was still hard of hearing : When they talked of their Raphaels, Corregios, and stuff, He shifted his trumpet, and only took snuff. The reader... | |
 | Anniversary calendar - 1832 - 600 lehte
...;,, Here Reynolds i- laid, and, to tell yon ray mind, He has not left a wiser or better behind 1 Hit pencil was striking, resistless, and grand, His manners...gentle, complying, and bland : Still born to improve ns In every part, His pencil oar faces, bis manners oar heart : . To coxcombs averse, yet most civilly... | |
 | Robert Macnish - 1834 - 236 lehte
...on the subject. Goldsmith describes this matter well in his account of Sir Joshua Reynolds : — " To coxcombs averse, yet most civilly steering : When...without skill, he was still hard of hearing; When they talked of their Raphaels, Corregios, and stuff, He shifted his trumpet, and only took snuff." 3pfinri«m... | |
 | sir Joshua Reynolds - 1835 - 726 lehte
...celebrated poem, yet still his delineation of Sir Joshua is too accurate to be omitted. ' Here Reynolds is laid ; and to tell you my mind, He has not left a better, or wiser behind ; His pencil was striking, resistless, and grand, His manners were gentle,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1837 - 534 lehte
...failing t come tell it, and, burn ye t He was, could he help it ? — a special attorney. Here Reynolds is laid, and to tell you my mind, He has not left...part, His pencil our faces, his manners our heart : (!) [See Life, vol. ii. p. 295.] (2) [ " To his gentle and happy composure of mind, our common friend... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1837 - 472 lehte
...his failing? come tell it, and burn ye : He was, could he help it? a special attorney. Here Reynolds is laid, and to tell you my mind, He has not left...us in every part, His pencil our faces, his manners owr heart : To coxcombs averse, yet most civilly steering, When they judged without skill, he was still... | |
 | Florence Heywood - 1923 - 424 lehte
...eighteenth century form-ality of style, adequately illustrate the pedantic spirit of the age :— " His pencil was striking, resistless and grand, His...without skill, he was still hard of hearing. When they talked of their Raphaels, Correggios, and stuff. He shifted his trumpet, and only took snuff. " I The... | |
 | Florence Heywood - 1923 - 424 lehte
...illustrate the pedantic spirit of the age : — His pencil was striking, resistless and grand, Mis manners were gentle, complying and bland, Still born...without skill, he was still hard of hearing. When they talked of their Raphaels, Correggios, and stuff, He shifted his trumpet, and only took snuff. " —8... | |
 | Alban Bertram De Mille - 1924 - 552 lehte
...wti'«tle them back." On Reynolds: "Here Reynolds is laid, and, to tell you my mind, He has left not a wiser or better behind : His pencil was striking, resistless, and grand, H's manners were gentle, complying, and bland: Still born to improve us in every part, His pencil our... | |
 | 1925 - 784 lehte
...c. and was unfinished, the poet intending SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS to add his own epitaph. "Here Reynolds is laid, and, to tell you my mind, He has not left...his manners our heart ; To coxcombs averse, yet most skillfully steering ; When they judged without skill, he was still hard of hearing; When they talked... | |
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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... 
