 | John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - 1803 - 716 pages
...most civilly steering, When they judg'd without skill, he was still hard of hearing; When they talk'd of their Raphaels, Correggios, and stuff, He shifted his trumpet,* and only took snuff." PLYMPTOH * Sir Joshui was so deaf, ai to be obliged to use an ear-trumpet in company. PLYMPTON ST.... | |
 | John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley - 1803 - 662 pages
...most civilly steering, When they judg'd without skill, he was still hard of hearing; When they talk'd of their Raphaels, Correggios, and stuff, He shifted his trumpet,* and only took snufif." PLYMPTOK * Sir Joshua was 10 deaf, u to be obliged to use an en: trumpet in company. PLYMPTON... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1810 - 524 pages
...every part, His pencil our faces, his manners our heart; To coxcombs averse, yet most civilly steejing, When they judged without skill, he was still hard of hearing ; When they talk'd of their Raffaelles, Corregios, and stuff, He shifted his trumpet, and only took snuff. and... | |
 | George Alexander Cooke - 1817 - 346 pages
...most civilly steering, When they judg'd without skill, he was still hard of hearing ; When they talk'd of their Raphaels, Correggios, and stuff, He shifted his trumpet*, and only took snuff." Plympton St. Mary — adjoins the former parish, and contains 245 houses, and about 1600 inhabitants.... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1818 - 274 pages
...complying, and bland; Still born to improve us in every part, His pencil our faces, his manners our heart: To coxcombs averse, yet most civilly steering, When...hard of hearing; When they talked of their Raphaels, Corregios, and stuff, He shifted his trumpet, 1 and only took snuff. POSTCRIPT. [After the fourth editivn... | |
 | James Northcote - 1819 - 382 pages
...and bland ; • Still born to improve us in every part, His pencil our faces, his manners our heart : To coxcombs averse, yet most civilly steering, When...was still hard of hearing; When they talked of their Kaffaelles, Corregios, and stuff, He shifted his trumpet,* and only took snuff!" In the poetical epistle... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1821 - 236 pages
...complying, and bland ; Still born to improve us in every part, His pencil our faces, his manners our heart : To coxcombs averse, yet most civilly steering, When...hard of hearing : When they talked of their Raphaels, Corregins, and He shifted his f trumpet, and only took snutV. [stuff, POSTSCRIPT.* Here Wh'rtefoord... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1822 - 194 pages
...complying, and bland ; Still born to improve us in every part, His pencil our faces, his manners our heart : To coxcombs averse, yet most civilly steering. When...without skill he was still hard of hearing ; When they talk'd of their Raphaels, Coreggios, and stuff, He shifted his trumpet19, and only took snuff. is Sir... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 296 pages
...complying, and bland; Still born to improve us in every part, His pencil our faces, his manners our heart: To coxcombs averse, yet most civilly steering, When...without skill he was still hard of hearing; When they talk'd of their Raphaels, Corregio's, and stuff, He shifted his trumpet'', and only took snuff. POSTSCRIPT.... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds - 1824 - 332 pages
...complying, and bland ; Still born to improve us in every part, His pencil our faces, his manners our heart , To coxcombs averse, yet most civilly steering, When...without skill he was still hard of hearing ; . When they talk'd of their Raffaelles, Corregios, and stuff, He shifted his trumpet, and only .took snuff!" s... | |
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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... 
