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Whatever Reynolds might think of the political economy of Goldsmith’s exquisite Idyll — which the Doctor maintained to be his own honest deduction from observation — he deserved the honour of this dedication by his fellow-feeling for the subject, as well as his thorough appreciation of the poet. In every loving reminiscence of a humble country birthplace; in every touch descriptive of village character, sports, and enjoyments; in every trait of that unrivalled picture of the good pastor ‘passing rich with forty pounds a year,’ the painter’s heart must have gone along with the poet’s.
In The Life and Times of Sir Joshua Reynolds, vol. 1 (London: John Murray, 1865) pp. 362–6. Editor’s title.
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Leslie, C.R., Taylor, T. (1993). Reynolds’s Affection for Goldsmith. In: Mikhail, E.H. (eds) Goldsmith. Interviews and Recollections. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-23093-8_37
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