 | Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edmond Malone - 1809 - 430 pages
...narrative; but I ought not to omit the testimony borne to his worth by Dr. Johnson, who declared him to be " the most invulnerable man he knew; whom, if...he should find the most difficulty how to abuse." 5 ' Johnson's well-known and rigid adherence to truth on all occasions, gives this encomium great additional... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1810 - 524 pages
...almost all the worth and talents of the metropolis. Among those who had the * Dr. Johnson declared him to be " the most invulnerable man he knew; whom, if...he should find the most difficulty how to abuse." happiness of being called his intimate friends, he was beloved with an ardour and sincerity which the... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1810 - 532 pages
...almost all the worth and talents of the metropolis. Among those who had the * Dr. Johnson declared him to be " the most invulnerable man he knew; whom, if he should quarrel with him, he should find the mo»t difficulty how to abuse," happiness of being called his intimate friends, he was beloved with... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1810 - 528 pages
...almost all the worth and talents of the metropolis. Among those who had the * Dr. Johnson declared him to be " the most invulnerable man he knew ; whom, if he should quarrel with him, he •hould find the moat difficulty how to abase." happiness of being called his intimate friends, he... | |
 | Robert Anderson - 1815 - 660 pages
...mid thorough knowledge of the virtues and amiable qualities of that excellent artist. He declared him to be " the most invulnerable man he knew ; whom, if he should quarrel with, him, be should imd the most difficulty how to * See Bishop Percy's Life of Dr Goldsmith prefixed to his... | |
 | James Northcote - 1819 - 388 pages
...must insure it credit and success, the Life of Dr. Johnson is, with the greatest propriety, dedicated to Sir Joshua Reynolds, who was the intimate and beloved...declared to be the most invulnerable man he knew, with whom, -if jh • * * * * ' VOL. II. O quarrel, he should find the most difficulty how to abuse.... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds - 1819 - 610 pages
...narrative ; but I ought not to omit the testimony borne to his worth by Dr. Johnson, who declared him to be " the most invulnerable man he knew ; whom,...he should find the most difficulty how to abuse."* Johnson's well-known and rigid adherence to truth on all occasions, gives this encomium great additional... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edmond Malone - 1819 - 614 pages
...narrative ; but I ought not to omit the testimony borne to his worth by Dr. Johnson, who declared him to be " the most invulnerable man he knew ; whom,...he should find the most difficulty how to abuse."* Johnson's well-known and rigid adherence to truth on all occasions, gives this encomium great additional... | |
 | James Boswell - 1821 - 394 pages
...must ensure it credit and success, the Life of Dr. Johnson is, with the greatest propriety, dedicated to Sir Joshua Reynolds, who was the intimate and beloved...the most difficulty how to abuse." You, my dear Sir, studied him, and knew him well : you venerated and admired hiiri. Yet, luminous as he was upon the... | |
 | James Boswell - 1822 - 514 pages
...must ensure it credit and success, the Life of Dr. Johnson is, with the greatest propriety, dedicated to Sir Joshua Reynolds, who was the intimate and beloved...the most difficulty how to abuse." You, my dear Sir, studied him, and knew him well : you venerated and admired him. Yet, luminous as he was upon the whole,... | |
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Reynolds, who was the intimate and beloved friend of that great man ; the friend whom he declared to be " the most invulnerable man he knew ; whom, if he should quarrel with him, he should find the most difficulty how to abuse. 
