 | John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley - 1803 - 662 pàgines
...lines written on this great artist by his friend Goldsmith, are too characteristic to be omitted. " 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,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1805 - 264 pàgines
...can't accuse him of that : Perhaps he confided in men as they go, And so was too foolishly honest ? Ah no ! 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 has not left a wiser or better... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 pàgines
...can't accuse him of that: Perhaps he confided in men as they go, And so was too foolishly honest ? ah, no ! 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 has not left a wiser or better... | |
 | Select collection - 1806 - 262 pàgines
...drew him •on grey paper with black and red chalk heightened witti white. ON SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS. Here Reynolds is laid ; and to tell you my mind, He has not left a wiser or better behind : Hie pencil was striking, resistless, and grand ; His manners were gentle,... | |
 | Edward Edwards, Horace Walpole - 1808 - 394 pàgines
...his elegant little Poem of RETALIATION, which, as far as it extends, is as juft as it is beautiful. " HERE REYNOLDS is laid, and to tell you my mind,. •» He has not left a better or wifer behind ! His pencil was ftriking, refiftleis, and grand, His manners were gentle, complying,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1809 - 322 pàgines
...can't accuse him of that. Perhaps he confided in men as they go, And so was too foolishly honest ? ah no ! 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 has not left a wiser or better... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1809 - 102 pàgines
...can't accufe him of that : Perhaps he confided in men as they go, And fo was too foolifhly honeft? Ah no! Then what was his failing ? come tell it, and burn ye— He was — could he help it-^a fpecial attorney. Here Reynoldsf is laid, and, to tell you my mind, He has not left a wifer or... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1810 - 524 pàgines
...Goldsmith, in his imaginary epitaph on Sir Joshua, has pleasantly alluded to hia defect of hearing: 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,... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edmond Malone - 1809 - 476 pàgines
...the amiable friend of the younger Scipio, — the mitis sapientia Laeli,53 may convey to posterity " 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... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1810 - 528 pàgines
...Goldsmith, in his imaginary epitaph on Sir Joshua, has pleasantly alluded to his defect of hearing: 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,... | |
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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... 
