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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. "
A Selection of Curious Articles from the Gentleman's Magazine - Page 387
by John Walker - 1814
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - 1791 - 564 pages
...credit and fuccefs, the Life of Dr. Johnfon is, with the greateft propriety, dedicated to Sir Jofhua Reynolds, who was the intimate and beloved friend...great man ; the friend, whom he declared to be " the moft invulnerable man he knew ; with whom, if he mould quarrel, he mould find the moffi difficulty...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies ...

James Boswell - 1799 - 496 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 *...
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Boswell's Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1799 - 640 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...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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Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the ..., Volume 1

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...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 he was upon the whole,...
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The Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds, Knight ...: Containing His ..., Volume 1

Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edmond Malone - Art - 1801 - 440 pages
...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 knew ; whom,...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...
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An Account of the Life and Writings of James Beattie, L.L.D...

Sir William Forbes - Medicine - 1806 - 578 pages
...Johnson, whose intimate and beloved friend he was, bore the most emphatic testimony, when he declared him to be " the most " invulnerable man he knew ; whom,...he " should find the most difficulty how to abuse " To that great artist, and excellent man, whose house, one of our mutual friends • has well denominated...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - Authors, English - 1807 - 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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An Account of the Life and Writings of James Beattie: Including ..., Volume 1

Sir William Forbes, James Beattie - College teachers - 1807 - 572 pages
...Johnson, whose intimate and beloved friend he was, bore the most emphatic testimony, when he declared him to be " the most "invulnerable man he knew; whom,...he " should find the most difficulty how to abuse." To that great artist, and excellent man, whose house, one of our mutual friends* has well denominated...
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An Account of the Life and Writings of James Beattie, LL.D. Late ..., Volume 1

Sir William Forbes - 1807 - 408 pages
...arrived in Aberdeen on the 30th September, 1773; after an absence of somewhat more than five months. * whom, if he should quarrel with him, he should find the most ** difficulty how to abuse." To that great artist, and excellent man, whose house, one of our mutual friends § has well denominated...
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The Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds, Volume 1

Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edmond Malone - Art - 1809 - 476 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...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...
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