 | John Sabine - 1810 - 308 Seiten
...learning, yet straining his throat, To persuade Tommy Townsend to lend him a vote; . .... .'-. Who, \ Who, too deep for his hearers, still went on refining,...thought of convincing, while they thought of dining ; Though equal to all things, for all things unfit, Too nice for a statesman, too proud for a wit;... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Britannica - 1810 - 820 Seiten
...ftraining his throat To perfuade Tommy Townihend to lend him a vote ; Who, too deep for his hearers, (till went on refining, And thought of convincing while they thought of dining ; Though equal to all things, for all things unfit, Ton nice for a ftatefman, too proud for a wit ;... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1812 - 470 Seiten
...Though fraught with all learning, yet straining his throat, Topersuadef Tommy Townshend tolendhimavote; Who, too deep for his hearers, still went on refining,...thought of convincing, while they thought of dining ; Though equal to all things, for all things unfit, Too nice for a statesman, too proud for a wit ;... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1812 - 466 Seiten
...learning, yet straining his throat, To persuade Tommy Townshend to give him a vote ; Who too de»p for his hearers, still went on refining, And thought of convincing, while they thought of dining." And if in consequence it was his fate to " cut blocks with a razor" I may be permitted to add, that... | |
 | Thomas Amyot - 1812 - 216 Seiten
...friend and patron Mr. Burke, as Goldsmith whimsically described him, " Too deep for his hearers, he went on refining, " And thought of convincing, while they thought of dining." The harshness with which many members, against their better judgment, were too frequently disposed... | |
 | William Windham, Thomas Amyot - 1812 - 454 Seiten
...friend and patron Mr. Burke, as Goldsmith whimsically described him, " Too deep for kis hearers, he went on refining, " And thought of convincing, while they thought of dining."' The harshness with which many members, against their better judgment, were too frequently disposed... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1813 - 124 Seiten
...narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind. Though fraught with all learning, yet straining his throat, To persuade £Tommy Townshend...vote; Who, too deep for his hearers, still went on rer fining, And thought of convincing, while they thought «f (lining ; * Tide pij?e 89. , f Vide pige... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1816 - 240 Seiten
...with all learning, yet straining his r-» throat, , To persuade Tommy Townshend ' to lend him a vote 5 Who, too deep for his hearers, still went on refining;...thought of convincing, while they thought of dining ; Though equal to all things, for all things unfit; Too nice for a statesman, too proud for a wit;,^... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1818 - 294 Seiten
...his miiHl, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind ; Though fraught with all learning, yet straining his throat To persuade Tommy Townshend *...thought of convincing while they thought of dining: Though equal to all things, for all things unfit, Too nice for a statesman, too proud for a wit ; For... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1817 - 192 Seiten
...attorney. Tho' fraught with all learning, yet straining his throat, To persuade Tommy To wnshend i2 to lend him a vote ; Who, too deep for his hearers,...thought of convincing, while they thought of dining ; Though equal to all things, for all things unfit; Too nice for a statesman, too proud for a wit ;... | |
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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. In short, 'twas his fate, unemploy'd, or in place,... 
