 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,...  Gems of Literature, Elegant, Rare, and Suggestive ... - Seite 23von Gems - 1866 - 147 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1839 - 242 Seiten
...with all learning, yet straining his throat, To persuade Tommy Townshend || to lend him a vote; Who, too deep for his hearers, still went on refining,...And too fond of the right, to pursue the expedient. * David Garrick, Esq. t Counsellor John Ridge, a gentleman belonging to the Irish bar. $ Sir Joshua... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith (the Poet.) - 1839 - 358 Seiten
...with all learning, yet straining his throat, [vote : To persuade i5 Tommy Townshend to lend him a Who, too deep for his hearers, still went on refining,...Though equal to all things, for all things unfit, I Too nice for a statesman, too proud for a wit ; I For a patriot too cool ; for a drudge disobedient... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1840 - 504 Seiten
...with all learning, yet straining his throat, To persuade Tommy Townshend ' to lend him a vote ; Who, too deep for his hearers, still went on refining,...to pursue the expedient. In short 'twas his fate, unemploy'd, or in place, sir, To eat mutton cold, and cut blocks with a razor. Here lies honest William,... | |
 | 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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...William Lauder's claim that Milton had plagiarized from certain modern Latin poets in Paradise Lost. Who, too deep for his hearers, still went on refining,...to pursue the expedient. In short 'twas his fate, unemploy'd, or in play, Sir, To eat mutton cold, and cut blocks with a razor." The lines on Mr. Garrick... | |
 | Nicholas K. Robinson, Edmund Burke - 1996 - 233 Seiten
...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.... | |
 | Dale Cockrell - 1997 - 262 Seiten
...celebrated lines upon the illustrious Burke may, without the least impropriety, be applied to George: Though equal to all things, for all things unfit;...disobedient, And too fond of the right to pursue the expedientlll . . . One great cause of George's failures, accidents and indiscretions, is, that in all... | |
 | Connie Robertson - 1998 - 686 Seiten
...me, who can, An abridgement of all that was pleasant in man. 4177 Retaliatlon (of Edmund Burke) Who, ll. 2522 Hate is the consequence of fear; we fear...is master of his passions is Reason's slave. 2524 4178 Retaliatlon (of Garrick) On the stage he was natural, simple, affecting; 'Twas only that when... | |
 | Connie Robertson - 1998 - 404 Seiten
...me, who can, An abridgement of all that was pleasant in man. 1691 Retaliation (of Edmund Burke) Who, too deep for his hearers, still went on refining,...things unfit, Too nice for a statesman, too proud for a 1692 Retaliation (of Garrick) On the stage he was natural, simple, affecting; 'Twas only that when... | |
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