...;,, 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...

...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...

...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...

...seen that 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,...

...what was his 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...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...

...Then what was 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...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...

...friends, as a huntsman hit pack, For he knew when he pleased he could 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...

...Washington, D. 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,...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...

...lived 4 Roscius was the greatest comic actor of ancient Rome. 5 Ben Jonson and the like Here Reynolds1 141 His pencil our faces, his manners our heart. To coxcombs averse, yet most civilly steering, When...

...never permitted himself to speak critically of any of his contemporaries. And Goldsmith testifies: His pencil was striking, resistless and grand. His...part His pencil our faces, his manners our heart. Toward the end of Sir Joshua's life, troubles began to gather on the horizon. He had a paralytic stroke,...