 | Samuel Maunder - 1844 - 544 pàgines
...character and talents the following lines, by Goldsmith, are briefly yet strongly expressive:— " 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 - 1845 - 276 pàgines
...his social propensities: " Give Ridge and Hickey. generous souls ' Of whisky punch, convivial bowls." 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 better or wiser... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1845 - 550 pàgines
...ah, no! Then what was his failing? come tell it, and bum 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 behind ; His pencil was striking, resistless, and grand ; His manners were gentle,... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 410 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... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 282 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... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 416 pàgines
...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 behind : His pencil was striking, resistless, and grand ; His manners were gentle,... | |
 | William Cooke Taylor - 1846 - 512 pàgines
...noticed in the description given by Goldsmith of Sir Joshua, in the little poem called "The Retaliation." Here Reynolds is laid, and, to tell you my mind, He has not left a wiser or better behind ; II is pencil was striking, resisiless, and grand, His manners were gentle,... | |
 | 1846 - 316 pàgines
...permit him to come. The lines have a melancholy interest, from being the last which the authoi wrote. " Here Reynolds Is laid, and, to tell you my mind, He has not left a wiher or better behind ; His pencil was striking, resistless, and grand ; His manners were gentle,... | |
 | 1847 - 296 pàgines
...him to come. The lines have a melancholy interest, from being the last which the author wrote : — '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,... | |
 | Charles Maybury Archer - 1848 - 292 pàgines
..." He cherished his friend, and he relished a bumper ; Yet one fault he had, and that was a thumper, Then, what was his failing ? come, tell it, and burn ye : He was, could he help it ? a special attorney." The following playful colloquy in verse took place at a dinner-table between Sir... | |
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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... 
