 | Joachim Fernau - 1848 - 736 pàgines
...his fatal illness seized him, was the gratitude of a life. They will help to keep Reynolds immortal. 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,... | |
 | John Forster - 1848 - 740 pàgines
...his fatal illness seized him, was the gratitude of a life. They will help to keep Reynolds immortal. 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,... | |
 | John Forster - 1848 - 744 pàgines
...his fatal illness seized him, was the gratitude of a life. They will help to keep Reynolds immortal. 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,... | |
 | Robert Conger Pell - 1850 - 196 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... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1851 - 400 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." One of the few remarks extant made by Goldsmith during his tour is the following,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1851 - 160 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 - 1851 - 476 pàgines
...can't accuse him of that. Pel haps 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 - 1851 - 162 pàgines
...Then what was his failing ? come, toll 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,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1851 - 376 pàgines
...his failing ? come, tell it, and burn ye, — He was, could he help it ? a special attorney. Here 32 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,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1913 - 272 pàgines
..."Here lies David Garrick, describe me who can An abridgment of all that was pleasant in man . . ." "Here Reynolds is laid, and, to tell you my mind, He has not left a wiser or better behind . . ." 59: 35. Johnson wrote the inscription. The inscription is written in... | |
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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... 
