 | Sir Joshua Reynolds, Henry William Beechey, Thomas Gray, Charles-Alphonse Dufresnoy, William Mason - 1852 - Liczba stron: 518
...seen that celebrated poem, yet still his delineation of Sir Joshua is too accurate to be omitted. ' Here Reynolds is laid ; and to tell you my mind, He has not left a better, or wiser behind ; His pencil was striking, resistless, and grand, His manners were gentle,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1853 - Liczba stron: 380
...no, for lie always was wiser. Too courteous, perhaps, or obligingly flat ? His very worst foe can't accuse him of that. Perhaps he confided in men as they go, And so was too foolishly honest ? Ah, no ! Be sure, as I work, to throw in contradictions ; A great love of truth, yet a mind turn'd to fictions.... | |
 | Robert Conger Pell - 1853 - Liczba stron: 252
...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 George Eose and Smith,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1853 - Liczba stron: 404
...no, for he always was wiser ; Too courteous, perhaps, or obligingly flat, His very worst foe can't accuse him of that ; Perhaps he confided in men as they go, And so was too foolishly honest 1 Ah, no ! Then what was his failing ? Come, tell it, and burn ye—- He was, could he help it? a special... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1854 - Liczba stron: 614
...— for he always was wiser; Too courteous, perhaps, or obligingly flat ? His very woret foe can't accuse him of that; Perhaps he confided in men as...— He was, could he help it ? a special attorney. One of the few remarks extant made by Goldsmith during his tour is the following, of whimsical import,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1854 - Liczba stron: 348
...no, for he always was wiser. Too courteous, perhaps, or obligingly flat ? His very worst foe can't accuse him of that. Perhaps he confided in men as...honest? Ah, no! Then what was his failing? come tell it, arid burn ye: He was, could he help it ? a special attorney. Here Reynolds is laid, and, to tell you... | |
 | John Forster - 1854 - Liczba stron: 572
...cherish'd his friend, and he relish'da bumper ; Yet one fault he had, and that one was a thumper. # * * * Then what was his failing ? come, tell it, and burn...— He was, could he help it ? a special attorney." " Much inquiry having been made concerning a gentleman who had quittol a "company where Johnson was,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1854 - Liczba stron: 524
...no, for he always was wiser : Too courteous, perhaps, or obligingly flat ? His very worst foe can't accuse him of that. Perhaps he confided in men as they go, And so was too foolishly honest ? ah, no! 1 Hugh Kelly, author of " False Delicacy," "Word to the Wise," "Clementina," " School for Wives," died... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1854 - Liczba stron: 524
...DAVIES, Lift of Garrick, ii. 159, ed. 1780. Then what was his failing? come tell it, and, burn yc : He was, could he help it ? — a special attorney. Here Reynolds is laid, and to tell you my mind, lie has not left a wiser or better behind ; His pencil was striking, resistless, and grand; His manners... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith, Sir James Prior - 1854 - Liczba stron: 564
...eourteous, perhaps, or obligingly flat? His very worst foe ean't aeeuse him of that. Perhaps he eonfided in men as they go, And so was too foolishly honest? ah, no ! Then what was his failing? eome tell it. and. Irarn ye: He was, eould he help ilt? — a speeial attorney. Here Reynolds is laid,... | |
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He cherish'd his friend, and he relish'da bumper ; Yet one fault he had, and that one was a thumper. Perhaps you may ask if the man was a miser? I answer, no, no, for he always was wiser : Too courteous, perhaps, or obligingly flat? 
