 | 1824 - 720 pagina’s
...him a vote — Who, too deep for his hearers, still went on refining, And thought of convincing, when they thought of dining. Though equal to all things — for all things unfit, Too nice for a statesman — too proud for a wit ; For a patriot too cool — for a drudge disobedient,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1825 - 476 pagina’s
...g3. 7 Mr T. Townshend, member for Whitchurch. RETALIATION. 95 Who, too deep for his hearers, still went on refining, And thought of convincing, while...Though equal to all things, for all things unfit, Too nice for a statesman, too proud for a wit ; For a patriot, too cool ; for a drudge, disobedient... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1825 - 600 pagina’s
...lend him a vote; Who, too deep for his hearers, still went on refining, And thought of eonvineing, Thomas Tegg Too niee for a statesman, too proud for a wit ; For a patriot too eool ; for a drudge, disobedient... | |
 | 1842 - 982 pagina’s
...minority. The liberator of the Hottentots, like the immortal Burke, ' Who, too deep for his hearers, still went on refining, And thought of convincing, while they thought of dining,' frequently talks an assembly of shallow men into marked and ill-maunered impatience, while discoursing... | |
 | 1827 - 496 pagina’s
...of speaking. the popular report of him, on the part of his associates and admirers, was, that " he went on refining, And thought of convincing while they thought of dining." When arguments against a systematic, laborious, and long continued study of the art of speaking fail,... | |
 | 1827 - 500 pagina’s
...the vehicle, the popular report of him, on the part of his associates and admirers, was, that " he went on refining, And thought of convincing while they thought of dining." Can any one believe that this would have been said of Burke, in his lifetime by his friends, had he... | |
 | Edmund Henry Barker - 1828 - 588 pagina’s
...Parliamentary auditors, yet the cultivated classes throughout Europe have reason to be thankful that ' he went on refining, ' And thought of convincing, while they thought of dining.' Our very sign-boards, (said an illustrious friend to me,) give evidence that there has been a Titian... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 436 pagina’s
...straining his throat To persuade Tommy Townshcnd to lend him a vote ; Who, too deep for his hearers, still went on refining, And thought of convincing while...thought of dining ; Though equal to all things, for all thini;* unfit. Too nice for a statesman, too proud for a wit ; For a patriot too cool :, for a drudge... | |
 | Thomas F. Walker - 1830 - 256 pagina’s
...his throat, To persuade Tommy Townshend|| to lend him a vote ; Who, too deep for his hearers, still went on refining, And thought of convincing, while...: Though equal to all things, for all things unfit ; Too nice for a statesman, too proud for a wit: For a patriot too cool ; for a drudge disobedient... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1830 - 844 pagina’s
...training his throat, To persuade Tommy Townsend to lend him a vote ; Who, too deep for his hearers, still G ~ uU @k + tilings unfit-; Too nice for a statesman, too proud for a wit : For a patriot too cool ; lor a drudge... | |
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Though equal to all things, for all things unfit, Too nice for a statesman, too proud for a wit : For a patriot, too cool ; for a drudge, disobedient ; And too fond of the right to pursue the expedient. 
