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at first surprised me, and will rs; the more so as it will be found kept up through all the fierce ne; when Wilkes was to the one ot, and an idol, to the other a itor, and a blasphemer. It fits ceptions to find a man so placid, as Reynolds, intimate with one of all this as Wilkes, that we it in the demagogue more than humour which all allowed him, e something from our estimate cal poco-curantism. Other reaill appear as the Life goes on.

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LIFE OF SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS.

CHAP. III.

Among the names of sitters entered in the pocket books of Reynolds, that of his sister occurs at intery from May, 1755, to April, 1759. Once only he her "Sister Fanny," the other entries are all Reynolds." The result of these sittings was a portrait I remember to have seen in the of Mr. Phillips the Academician. It is al only, the face in profile, and, excepti entirely in shadow. She is in black, a hat. Her face is round, the featu resemblance to her brother strik art the picture is beautiful and oy [Few periods of our histo embrace more stirring incide and national-than the

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Nor hear it with a frown,

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As I can gulp it down."

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1760. A brief enumeration of the leading occurrences of the time is necessary to connect the painter and his works with the out-door world. These incidents comrise the death of Pelham, in 1754, after an unexampled se of power; the Duke of Newcastle's impotent mpt to conduct affairs against the opposition of and Fox, both still holding office under him, the

Once only er entries are all these sittings was to have seen in the cademician. It is a hea profile, and, excepting She is in black, and " ce is round, the features s ee to her brother striking. picture is beautiful and origina! periods of our embrace more stirring incidents-pa and national-than the interval

history of:

Paymaster of the Forces, the latter as SecreWar; Fox's elevation to the Secretaryship of the lead of the House of Commons in the Pitt's appearance as leader of opposition in 1755; his resistance to the system of sub3missal from office; the declaration of war speedily followed by the loss of Minorca ; popular discontents, and the resignation Newcastle in November, 1756; the hire administration, with Pitt for its

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at dinner, and on his friend saying
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Among the names of sitters entered in the pocketbooks of Reynolds, that of his sister occurs at intervals from May, 1755, to April, 1759. Once only he calls her "Sister Fanny," the other entries are all "Miss Reynolds." The result of these sittings was probably a portrait I remember to have seen in the collection of Mr. Phillips the Academician. It is a head and bust only, the face in profile, and, excepting the cheek, entirely in shadow. She is in black, and wears a gipsy hat. Her face is round, the features small, and the resemblance to her brother striking. As a work of art the picture is beautiful and original.

[Few periods of our history of the same length embrace more stirring incidents-parliamentary, social, and national-than the interval between 1754 and

the whole Johnsonian circle. Thus, among other extracts from her commonplace book already referred to, I find

"The first step to be despised is to be pitied."

"Cheap and humble blessings I have always found to be the sweetest and sincerest, being in unison, as it were, with the sober sense of the soul."

"The cord breaketh at last by the weakest pull."

"Dr. Johnson was leaving a family where he had been made very welcome at dinner, and on his friend saying that he liked to be often in such company with plain people, better than with greater geniuses, I said, Yes, in the same manner that you like for a constancy meat rather than sauce."-ED.

Now in the possession of Mr. Monro. Northcote quotes from Sir Joshua's memoranda for December of this year the following notes on his practice at this time:

"For painting the flesh black, blue-black, white, lake, carmine, orpiment, yellow-ochre, ultramarine, and varnish.

"To lay the pallet: first lay carmine and white, in different degrees; second lay orpiment, and white ditto; third lay blue-black and white ditto.

"The first sitting: for expedition, make a mixture on the pallet as near the sitter's complexion as you can.

"On colouring: to preserve the colours fresh and clean in painting, it must be done by laying on more colours, and not by rubbing them in when they are once laid; and, if it can be done, they should be laid in their proper places at first, and not any more be touched, because the freshness of the colours is tarnished and lost by mixing and jumbling them together; for there are certain colours which destroy each other, by the motion of the pencil, when mixed to excess."-ED.

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