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...following character of Sir Joshua, the justice of which is acknowledged by Buswell, and other writers : " Here Reynolds is laid ; and, to tell you my mind,...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." To understand...

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...melancholy interest, from being the last which the author wrote. " Here Reynolds Is laid, and, to tell yon my mind, He has not left a wiser or better behind...Still born to improve us in every part, His pencil onr faces, hia manners our heart." That he was an improver of human faces no one could be more conscious...

...it, and barn ye He was, could he help it? a special attorney. Here Reynolds is laid, and, to tell yon my mind, He has not left a wiser or better behind : His pencil was striding, resistless, and grand ; His manners were gentle, complying, and bland ; Still born to improve...