Everyman, I will go with thee, and be thy guide,
In thy most need to go by thy side.
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JOSHUA REYNOLDS, born in 1723 in Devonshire, the son of the Rev.Samuel Reynolds. Lived at Plymouth, 1746-9, afterwards going toItaly. Settled in London, 1752, becoming fashionableportrait-painter. Founded the Literary Club. In 1768 the firstpresident of the Royal Academy. Died in 1792, and buried in St.Paul’s.
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