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Everyman, I will go with thee, and be thy guide, In thy most need to go by thy side.

This is No. 118 of Everyman’s Library. A list of authors and their works in this series will be found at the end of this volume. The publishers will be pleased to send freely to all applicants a separate, annotated list of the Library.

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EVERYMAN’S LIBRARY EDITED BY ERNEST RHYS ESSAYS FIFTEEN DISCOURSES DELIVERED IN THE ROYAL ACADEMY BY SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS · INTRO- DUCTION BY L. MARCH PHILLIPPS

JOSHUA REYNOLDS, born in 1723 in Devonshire, the son of the Rev. Samuel Reynolds. Lived at Plymouth, 1746-9, afterwards going to Italy. Settled in London, 1752, becoming fashionable portrait-painter. Founded the Literary Club. In 1768 the first president of the Royal Academy. Died in 1792, and buried in St. Paul’s.

FIFTEEN DISCOURSES

SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS LONDON: J. M. DENT & SONS LTD. NEW YORK: E. P. DUTTON & CO. INC. All rights reserved Made in Great Britain at The Temple Press Letchworth and decorated by Eric Ravilious for J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. Aldine House Bedford St. London Toronto . Vancouver Melbourne . Wellington First Published in this Edition 1906 Reprinted 1928

Discourse I, Discourse II, Discourse III, Discourse IV, Discourse V, Discourse VI, Discourse VII, Discourse VIII, Discourse IX, Discourse X, Discourse XI, Discourse XII, Discourse XIII, Discourse XIV, Discourse XV