...what was his failing? come, tell it, and burn ye: 135 He was—could he help it?—a special attorney. Here Reynolds is laid, and, to tell you my mind, He...grand; His manners were gentle, complying, and bland: 140 His pencil our faces, his manners our heart. To coxcombs averse, yet most civilly steering, When...

...knew when he pleased he could whistle them back; or the account of Reynolds' tendency to idealize: Still born to improve us in every part, His pencil our faces, his manners our heart. The Deserted Village offers training of the best sort; the descriptive humor of the opening scene,...

...Shakspeare receive him with praise and with love. And Beaumonts and Bens be his Kellys above. *#*#** Here Reynolds is laid, and, to tell you my mind, He...behind ; His pencil was striking, resistless, and g-raad,j His manners were gentle, complying, and bland ; Still born to improve us in every part, "*"...

...aye in loveliness. GOETHE — Wilfielm Meiskr's Travels. Ch. XIV. (Ch. III. 128 of Carlyle's Ed.) 18 ; I'll not be pleased with less than Cleopatra. DHYDEN — All for Love. Act II. Sc. 1. 7 GOLDSMITH — Retaliation. L. 139. 19 The canvas glow'd beyond ev'n nature warm ; The pregnant quarry...

...friends, as a huntsman hit pack, For he knew when he pleased he could wti'«tle them back." On Reynolds: "Here Reynolds is laid, and, to tell you my mind, He has left not a wiser or better behind : His pencil was striking, resistless, and grand, H's manners were...

...Washington, D. c. and was unfinished, the poet intending SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS to add his own epitaph. "Here Reynolds is laid, and, to tell you my mind,...his manners our heart ; To coxcombs averse, yet most skillfully steering ; When they judged without skill, he was still hard of hearing; When they talked...

...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...without skill he was still hard of hearing ; When they talk'd of their Raphaels, Coreggios, and stuff, He shifted his trumpet,1 and only took snuff. OLIVER...

...lived 4 Roscius was the greatest comic actor of ancient Rome. 5 Ben Jonson and the like Here Reynolds1 141 His pencil our faces, his manners our heart. To coxcombs averse, yet most civilly steering, When...

...never permitted himself to speak critically of any of his contemporaries. And Goldsmith testifies : His pencil was striking, resistless and grand. His...part His pencil our faces, his manners our heart. Toward the end of Sir Joshua's life, troubles began to gather on the horizon. He had a paralytic stroke,...

...never permitted himself to speak critically of any of his contemporaries. And Goldsmith testifies: His pencil was striking, resistless and grand. His...part His pencil our faces, his manners our heart. Toward the end of Sir Joshua's life, troubles began to gather on the horizon. He had a paralytic stroke,...