 | Oliver Goldsmith, Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1862 - Liczba stron: 328
...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! Be sure, as I work, to throw in contradictions; A great love of truth, yet a mind turn-d to fictions.... | |
 | esq Henry Jenkins - 1864 - Liczba stron: 800
...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...was, could he help it ? a special attorney ! Here Beynolds is laid, and, to tell you my mind, He's not left a wiser or better behind ; His pencil was... | |
 | Austin Dobson - 1899 - Liczba stron: 296
...delightful, because the most wholly genial and kindly, of the epitaphs, is that upon Reynolds : — " 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,... | |
 | Edward Arber - 1900 - Liczba stron: 482
...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...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, complying,... | |
 | 1900 - Liczba stron: 508
...and in the form of an epitaph, which delineates very cleverly the real character of the man : — " 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, complying,... | |
 | Edward Arber - 1901 - Liczba stron: 350
...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...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, complying,... | |
 | E. J. Mathew - 1901 - Liczba stron: 556
...To eat mutton cold, and cut blocks with a razor." For Sir Joshua Reynolds came a grand eulogium : " Here Reynolds is laid, and to tell you my mind, He has not left better or wiser behind. His pencil was striking, resistless, and grand ; His manners were gentle, complying,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1864 - Liczba stron: 468
...no, for he always was wiser ; Too courteous, perhaps, or obligingly flat ? His rery worst foe can't accuse him of that; Perhaps he confided in men as they go, And so was too foolishly honest ? Ah. no I Then what was his failing ? Come, tell it, and burn ya — He was, could he help it ? a special attorney.''... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1903 - Liczba stron: 336
...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! 25 Then what was his failing? Come, tell it, and burn ye — He was, could he help it? a special attorney."... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1903 - Liczba stron: 432
...for he always was wiser ; Too courteous, perhaps, or obligingly flat ? 25 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 Then what was his failing ? Come, tell it, and burn ye — He was, could he help it ? a special attorney."... | |
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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? 
