 | James Boswell - 1791 - 564 pàgines
...credit and fuccefs, the Life of Dr. Johnfon is, with the greateft propriety, dedicated to Sir Jofhua Reynolds, who was the intimate and beloved friend...great man ; the friend, whom he declared to be " the moft invulnerable man he knew ; with whom, if he mould quarrel, he mould find the moffi difficulty... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 640 pàgines
...must ensure it credit and success, the Life of Dr. Johnson is, with the greatest propriety, dedicated to Sir Joshua Reynolds, who was the intimate and beloved...most difficulty how to abuse'.' You, my dear Sir, studied him, and knew him well : you venerated and admired him. Yet, luminous as he was upon the whole,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 496 pàgines
...must ensure it credit and success, the Life of Dr. Johnson is, with the greatest propriety, dedicated to Sir Joshua Reynolds, who was the intimate and beloved...the most difficulty how to abuse." You, my dear Sir, studied him, and knew him well : you venerated and admired him. Yet, luminous as he was upon the *... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 648 pàgines
...and beloved friend of that great man ; tht friend, whom he declared to be ' the most invulnerable mae he knew ; whom, if he should quarrel with him, he...the most difficulty how to abuse'.' You, my dear Sir studied him, and knew him well : you venerated and ad mired him. Yet, luminous as he was upon the whole,... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edmond Malone - 1801 - 440 pàgines
...narrative ., but I ought not to omit the testimony borne to his worth by Dr. John* son, who declared him to be " the most invulnerable man he knew ; whom,...with him, he should find the most difficulty how to abuse."56 Johnson's well-known and rigid adherence to truth on all occasions, gives this encomium great... | |
 | Sir William Forbes - 1806 - 578 pàgines
...Johnson, whose intimate and beloved friend he was, bore the most emphatic testimony, when he declared him to be " the most " invulnerable man he knew ; whom,...he " should find the most difficulty how to abuse " To that great artist, and excellent man, whose house, one of our mutual friends • has well denominated... | |
 | James Boswell - 1807 - 514 pàgines
...must ensure it credit and success, the Life of Dr. Johnson is, with the greatest propriety, dedicated to Sir Joshua Reynolds, who was the intimate and beloved...the most difficulty how to abuse." You, my dear Sir, studied him, and knew him well : you venerated and admired him. Yet, luminous as he was upon the whole,... | |
 | Sir William Forbes, James Beattie - 1807 - 572 pàgines
...Johnson, whose intimate and beloved friend he was, bore the most emphatic testimony, when he declared him to be " the most "invulnerable man he knew; whom,...he " should find the most difficulty how to abuse." To that great artist, and excellent man, whose house, one of our mutual friends* has well denominated... | |
 | Sir William Forbes - 1807 - 408 pàgines
...arrived in Aberdeen on the 30th September, 1773; after an absence of somewhat more than five months. * whom, if he should quarrel with him, he should find the most ** difficulty how to abuse." To that great artist, and excellent man, whose house, one of our mutual friends § has well denominated... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edmond Malone - 1809 - 430 pàgines
...narrative; but I ought not to omit the testimony borne to his worth by Dr. Johnson, who declared him to be " the most invulnerable man he knew; whom, if...he should find the most difficulty how to abuse." 5 ' Johnson's well-known and rigid adherence to truth on all occasions, gives this encomium great additional... | |
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Reynolds, who was the intimate and beloved friend of that great man ; the friend whom he declared to be " the most invulnerable man he knew ; whom, if he should quarrel with him, he should find the most difficulty how to abuse. 
