The Quarterly Review, Volume 120John Murray, 1866 |
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Page 112
... Allan Cunningham states that he could endure to be flattered ; ' but his associates declared that flattery was thrown away upon him . To the compliments which he received , ' says Farington , ' he listened and bowed , but it was rather ...
... Allan Cunningham states that he could endure to be flattered ; ' but his associates declared that flattery was thrown away upon him . To the compliments which he received , ' says Farington , ' he listened and bowed , but it was rather ...
Page 113
... Allan Cunningham , that Reynolds himself indulged in adulation , and ' soothed his sitters by professional flattery , ' is contradicted by Northcote . 6 This , he said to Hazlitt , is far from the truth . He flattered nobody , and ...
... Allan Cunningham , that Reynolds himself indulged in adulation , and ' soothed his sitters by professional flattery , ' is contradicted by Northcote . 6 This , he said to Hazlitt , is far from the truth . He flattered nobody , and ...
Page 119
... Allan Cunningham to have been penurious and oppressive to his Allan Cunningham ascribes the remark to alarm , of which there is not a hint in the narrative of Northcote . It was the simple protestation of a man who scorned to assume a ...
... Allan Cunningham to have been penurious and oppressive to his Allan Cunningham ascribes the remark to alarm , of which there is not a hint in the narrative of Northcote . It was the simple protestation of a man who scorned to assume a ...
Page 120
... Allan Cunningham suggests he should have done on a small . His rapidly accumulating fortune , ' says Northcote , ' was not for his sole enjoyment ; he still felt the luxury of doing good . ' His readiness to relieve the needy was ...
... Allan Cunningham suggests he should have done on a small . His rapidly accumulating fortune , ' says Northcote , ' was not for his sole enjoyment ; he still felt the luxury of doing good . ' His readiness to relieve the needy was ...
Page 121
... Allan Cunningham is a sample sample of the spirit which pervades his biography : ' Life of Sir Joshua Reynolds . 121.
... Allan Cunningham is a sample sample of the spirit which pervades his biography : ' Life of Sir Joshua Reynolds . 121.
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