Illustrated biography; or, Memoirs of the great and the good of all nations and all times; comprising sketches of eminent statesmen, philosophers, heroes, artists, reformers, philanthropists, mechanics, navigators, authors, poets, divines, soldiers, savans, etc . pted state of good health (to which the custom of standingto paint, introduced by him, may be supposed in some degree to have contrib-uted), except that in the year 1782 he was for a short time afflicted by a para-lytic stroke. A few weeks, however, perfectly restored him, and he sufferedno inconvenience from it afterward. But in July
Illustrated biography; or, Memoirs of the great and the good of all nations and all times; comprising sketches of eminent statesmen, philosophers, heroes, artists, reformers, philanthropists, mechanics, navigators, authors, poets, divines, soldiers, savans, etc . pted state of good health (to which the custom of standingto paint, introduced by him, may be supposed in some degree to have contrib-uted), except that in the year 1782 he was for a short time afflicted by a para-lytic stroke. A few weeks, however, perfectly restored him, and he sufferedno inconvenience from it afterward. But in July, 1789, while he was paintingthe portrait of Lady Beauchamp, he found his sight so much affected, that itwas with difficulty he could proceed in his work; and, notwithstanding everyassistance that could be procured, he was in a few months totally deprived ofthe use of his left eye. After some struggles, he determined, lest his remain-ing eye should suffer, to paint no more ; and though he was thus deprived of aConstant employment and amusement, he retained his usual spirits, and partookof the society of his friends with apparently the same pleasure he had beenaccustomed to do : and was still amused by reading or hearing others read te SIR JOSHUA Statue >f Sir Joshua Reynolds, in Westminster Abbey. 296 SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS. him. In October, 1791, however, his spirits began to fail him, and he becamedejected from an apprehension that an inflamed tumor which arose over the eyethat was lost might occasion the destruction of the other also. This dejectionmight, nevertheless, in a great degree, be the effect of a much more dangerousmalady with which he began to be afflicted ; but. which, as he could neitherexplain to his physicians the nature, nor point out the seat of it, many believedto be imaginary, and he was counselled to shake it off by exertion. About afortnight only before his death, his liver was discovered to be diseased ; andthe inordinate growth of it, as app
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