 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,...  The Poetical and Dramatic Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B.: With an Account ... - Page 104by Oliver Goldsmith - 1791Full view - About this book
 | William Lonsdale Watkinson, William Theophilus Davison - Theology - 1866 - 556 pages
...tongue of the courtier to secure his success. He had a happy mixture of wisdom and gentleness — " Still born to improve us in every part ; His pencil our faces, his manners our heart." Where Reynolds fell into the unhappy classic vein of his time, it is impossible to relish many of his... | |
 | English poetry - 1944 - 328 pages
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