To the Royal Academy



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 To the Royal Academy 

A STRANGE erratum in all the editions Of Sir Joshua Reynolds’ lectures Should be corrected by the young gentlemen And the Royal Academy’s directors.

Instead of ‘Michael Angelo,’ Read ‘Rembrandt’; for it is fit To make mere common honesty In all that he has writ. ________________________________________

The original text:
To the Royal Academy

A strange Erratum in all the Editions Of Sir Joshua Reynoldss Lectures Shou[l]d be corrected by the Young Gentlemen And the Royal Academys Directors Instead of Michael Angelo Read Rembrandt for it is fit To make meer common honesty In all that he has writ