...certainly did not appear to advantage, being often impetuous and over-bearing. The desire of shining m P No. 67 was written by another intimate and affectionate friend of Dr. Johnson's, Bennet Langton, Esq....

...derived considerable advantage. The observations which he made on poetry, on life, and on everything about us, I applied to our art, with what success others must judge." As to Burke, his language, in a letter to Mr. Malone, is decisive; for no one would write as he did...

...produced that loquaciousness from which his more intimate friends derived considerable advantage. Tho observations which he made on poetry, on life, and...to our art, with what success others must judge." No. 67 was written by another intimate and affectionate friend of Dr. Johnson's, Bennet Langton, Esq....

...derived considerable advantage. The observations which he made on poetry, on life, and on everything about us, I applied to our art; with what success, others must judge. Perhaps an artist in his studies should pursue the same conduct; and, instead of patching up a particular...

...derived considerable advantage. The observations which he made on poetry, on life, and on everything about us, I applied to our art; with what success, others must judge. Perhaps an artist in his studies should pursue the same conduct; and, instead of patching up a particular...

...they had a character for learning to support, considered it as beneath them to enlist in the train of his auditors ; and to such persons he certainly...to our art, with what success others must judge." No. 67 was written by another intimate and affectionate friend of Dr. Johnson's, Bennet Langten, Esq....

...qualified my mind to think justly : the observations which he made on poetry, on life, on everything about us, I applied to our art, with what success others must judge." He adds, " Perhaps an artist in his studies should pursue the same conduct, and instead of patching...

...to him. It was here he exhibited his wonderful powers. The observations which he made on poetry, 0-1 life, and on every thing about us, I applied to our art — with what succesi mus judge." The price which Reynolds at first received for a head was five guineas ; the rate...

...attributed to vanity, let it at the same time be recollected, that it produced that lo • quaciousness from which his more intimate friends derived considerable...to our art ; with what success others must judge. Perhaps an artist in his studies should pursue the same conduct ; and instead of patching up a particular...

...they had a character for learning to support, considered it as beneath them to enlist in the train of his auditors ; and to such persons he certainly...to our art, with what success others must judge." — When we peruse such a character of Dr. Johnson, from the pen of Sir Joshua Reynolds, it is natural...