 | James Boswell - 1799 - 496 pages
...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,...he should find the most difficulty how to abuse." You, my dear Sir, studied him, and knew him well : you venerated and admired him. Yet, luminous as... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 640 pages
...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 find the most difficulty how to abuse'.' You, my dear Sir, studied him, and knew him well : you venerated and admired him. Yet, luminous as... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 648 pages
...and beloved friend of that great man ; tht friend, whom he declared to be ' the most invulnerable mae he knew ; whom, if he should quarrel with him, he should find the most difficulty how to abuse'.' You, my dear Sir studied him, and knew him well : you venerated and ad mired him. Yet, luminous as... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edmond Malone - 1801 - 440 pages
...this short narrative ., but I ought not to omit the testimony borne to his worth by Dr. John* son, who declared him to be " the most invulnerable man he...with him, he should find the most difficulty how to abuse."56 Johnson's well-known and rigid adherence to truth on all occasions, gives this encomium great... | |
 | Sir William Forbes - 1807 - 408 pages
...the other painters I have seen at work, as the execution of Giardini on the violin diifers from that of a common fidler. Mrs B. and I dined with Sir Joshua."...declared him to be " the most invulnerable man he knew : At length, having obtained at the Treasury the warrant for his pension, and gone down to Sandleford-Priory... | |
 | Sir William Forbes - 1807 - 412 pages
...the other painters I have seen at work, as the execution of Giardini on the violin differs from that of a common fidler. Mrs B. and I dined with Sir Joshua."*...emphatic testimony, when he declared him to be " the jnost invulnerable man he knew : At length, having obtained at the Treasury the warrant for his pension,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1807 - 514 pages
...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 find the most difficulty how to abuse." You, my dear Sir, studied him, and knew him well : you venerated and admired him. Yet, luminous as... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1810 - 524 pages
...embraced 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...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... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edmond Malone - 1809 - 476 pages
...this short 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...him, he should find the most difficulty how to abuse. >:s* Johnson's well-known and rigid adherence to truth on all occasions, gives this encomium great... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edmond Malone - 1809 - 430 pages
...this short 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...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... | |
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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. 
