 | 1849 - 602 pagina’s
...to carry the lessons of philosophy into an assembly of practical debaters. Simple old man ! — "He went on refining, And thought of convincing, while they thought of dining." And yet who of all that generation has so powerfully influenced the political genius of England during... | |
 | Clara Linklater Thomson - 1914 - 82 pagina’s
...straining 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...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;... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1842 - 564 pagina’s
...was known to his contemporaries by the nickname of ' the Dinner-Bell.' ' Too deep for his hearers, he went on refining ; And thought of convincing, while they thought of dining ! ' Fox, so pre-eminent as a debater, appears with small distinction in his authorship. Nay more, even... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1984 - 860 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. 1 Our very sign boards (said an illustrious friend to me) give evidence, that there has been a TITIAN... | |
 | G. S. Rousseau - 1995 - 420 pagina’s
...plagiarized from certain modern Latin poets in Paradise Lost. 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, And... | |
 | Nicholas K. Robinson, Edmund Burke - 1996 - 233 pagina’s
...dinner bell", echoing Goldsmith's lines on his fellow Irishman: Who, too deep for his hearers, yet went on refining, And thought of convincing, while they thought of dining. 11 And in The Orawr< journey (Plate 73), Burke is placed in the histrionic company of aa& -« • 72.... | |
 | Connie Robertson - 1998 - 404 pagina’s
...all that was pleasant in man. 1691 Retaliation (of Edmund Burke) 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 1692 Retaliation (of Garrick) On the stage he was natural,... | |
 | Connie Robertson - 1998 - 686 pagina’s
...all that was pleasant in man. 4177 Retaliatlon (of Edmund Burke) Who, too deep for his hearers, still of fear; we fear something before we hate it; a child...becomes a man who hates noise. 2523 The man who is m Too nice for a statesman, too proud for a wit. 4178 Retaliatlon (of Garrick) On the stage he was natural,... | |
 | W. H. Auden - 2004 - 604 pagina’s
...straining 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;... | |
 | Ebenezer Cobham Brewer - 2004 - 592 pagina’s
...blocks with a). Oliver Goldsmith said of Edward Burke, the statesman. Too deep for his hearers, he went on refining, And thought of convincing, while they thought of dining : Tho' equal to all things, to all things unfit ; Too nice for a statesman, too proud for a wit ; For... | |
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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. 
