 | Ebenezer Cobham Brewer - 2004 - 588 lehte
...one of Charlemagne's paladins. Reynolds (Sir Joshua), is thus described by Goldsmith : Here Reynolds is laid ; and, to tell you my mind, He has not left...striking, resistless and grand ; His manners were gentle,complying and bland . . . To coxcombs averse, yet most civilly steering, When they judged without... | |
 | Wystan Hugh Auden - 2004 - 553 lehte
...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 a better or wiser behind: His pencil was striking, resistless, and grand ; His manners were gentle, complying,... | |
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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... 
