 | 1840
...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
...;,, 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 - 224 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
...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
...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
...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... | |
 | Alban Bertram De Mille - 1924 - 479 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... | |
 | William Lonsdale Watkinson, William Theophilus Davison - 1866
...tongue of the courtier to secure his success. He had a happy mixture of wisdom and gentleness — " Still born to improve us in every part ; His pencil our faces, his manners our heart." Where Reynolds fell into the unhappy classic vein of his time, it is impossible to relish many of his... | |
 | William Blake, Edwin John Ellis, William Butler Yeats - 1893 - 435 lehte
...friends in the form of epitaphs to be placed on their tombs— with the quotation — " Here Beynolds is laid, and to tell you my mind, He has not left...without skill he was still hard of hearing ; When they talked of their Baffaelle's, Corregio's, and stuff, He shifted his trumpet, and only took snuff." Blake... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1132 lehte
...never be supplied. (1. 51-56) BeLS; EnRP; FaFP; LaA; NOEC; NoP; OAEL-1; OBSV; PoEL-3; TEP Retaliation A stress, (1. 57—58) 86 Death is the end of life;...life all labor be? (1. 86-87) 87 To muse and brood a talked of their Raphaels, Corregios and stuff, He shifted his trumpet, and only took snuff. FaBoEE;... | |
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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... 
