 If I have thoughts and can't express 'em, Gibbon shall teach me how to dress 'em In terms select and terse ; Jones teach me modesty and Greek ; Smith, how to think ; Burke, how to speak ; And Beauclerk to converse.  Sir Joshua Reynolds - Σελίδα 190των Sir Claude Phillips - 1894 - 415 σελίδεςΠλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 590 σελίδες
...could we read thee backwards too, Last thirty years thou should'st review, And charm us thirty more. If I have thoughts and can't express 'em, Gibbon shall...and terse; Jones teach me modesty and Greek; Smith, bow to think; Bnrke, how to speak, And Beauclerk to converse. Let Johnson teach me how to place In... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1835 - 486 σελίδες
...preserved by Dr. Barnard, in his well-known 'Verses addressed to Sir Joshua Reynolds and his friends.' If I have thoughts, and can't express 'em, Gibbon shall teach me how to dress "em In words select and terse: Jones teach me modesty and Greek, Smith how to think, Burke how to speak, And... | |
 | John Wilson Croker - 1836 - 656 σελίδες
...could we read thee backwards too Last thirty years thou shouldst review, And charm us thirty more. " If I have thoughts and can't express 'em, Gibbon shall...Johnson teach me how to place In fairest light each borrow'd grace ; From him I'll learn to write ; Copy his free and easy style, And from the roughness... | |
 | John Kay - 1838 - 402 σελίδες
...hsTe thoaghts and an't express 'em, Gibbou stall letch me bow to dim 'em, la wards select and ten* ; Jones teach me modesty and Greek, Smith how to think, Burke how to tpeak, And Bendiie to eonveiw." In 1778, Dr Smith removed to Edinburgh, with the view of attending... | |
 | John Wilson Croker - 1842 - 546 σελίδες
...could we read thee backwards too Last thirty years thou shouldst review, And charm us thirty more. " If I have thoughts and can't express 'em, Gibbon shall...Johnson teach me how to place In fairest light each borrow'd grace; From him I'll learn to write ; Copy his free and easy style, And from the roughness... | |
 | John Wilson Croker - 1842 - 544 σελίδες
...could we read thee backwards too Last thirty years thou shouldst review, And charm us thirty more. " If I have thoughts and can't express 'em, Gibbon shall...Johnson teach me how to place In fairest light each borrow'd grace; From him I'll learn to write ; Copy his free and easy style, And from the roughness... | |
 | James Boswell - 1843 - 588 σελίδες
...could we read thee backwards too, Last thirty yean thou shonld'st review, And charm us thirty more. If I have thoughts and can't express 'em, Gibbon shall...teach me how to dress 'em In terms select and terse; Jonea teach me modesty and Greek; Smith, how to think; Uurke, how to speak. And Beauclerk to converse.... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1844 - 550 σελίδες
...could we read thee backwards too, Last thirty years thou shouldst review, And charm us thirty more. If I have thoughts and can't express 'em, Gibbon shall...Johnson teach me how to place In fairest light each borrow 'd grace, From him I'll learn to write ; Copy his clear and easy style, And from the roughness... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1844 - 552 σελίδες
...could we read thee backwards too, Last thirty years thou shouldst review, And charm us thirty more. If I have thoughts and can't express 'em, Gibbon shall...dress 'em In terms select and terse ; Jones teach me modesty—and Greek ; Smith how to think; Burke how to speak, And Beauclerk to converse. Let Johnson... | |
 | Royal Society of Edinburgh - 1884 - 1168 σελίδες
...Stewart's Life of Smith, read to the Royal Society) indicate a position of respect in that circle : — " If I have thoughts, and can't express 'em, Gibbon shall teach me how to dress 'em In words select and terse. Jones teach me modesty and Greek, Smith how to think, Burke how to spook, And... | |
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