 Though fraught 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 thought of convincing, while they thought of -dining. Though equal to all things,...  Calendar - Page 512by University of Calcutta - 1908Full view - About this book
 | Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1846 - 290 pages
...for his hearers, still went on refining, And thought of convincing, while they thought of dining : Though equal to all things, for all things unfit,...fond of the right to pursue the expedient. In short 't was his fate, unemploy'd, or in place, sir, To eat mutton cold, and cut blocks with a razor."1 Here... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - Humor - 1846 - 282 pages
...deep for his hearers, still went on refining, And thought of convincing, while they thought of dining: Though equal to all things, for all things unfit,...fond of the right to pursue the expedient. In short 't was his fate, unemploy'd, or in place, sir, To eat mutton cold, and cut blocks with a razor.i" Here... | |
 | William Hazlitt - Great Britain - 1846 - 514 pages
...as one who was kept back in his dazzling, wayward career, by the supererogation of his talents — Though equal to all things, for all things unfit, Too nice for a statesman, too proud for a wit. Dr. Johnson, in Boswell's Life, tells us that the only person whose conversation he ever sought for... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1846 - 410 pages
...disobedient ; And too fond of the right 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. 10 Here lies honest William, whose heart was a mint, While the owner ne'er knew half the good... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1847 - 558 pages
...thought of convincing, while they thought о dining: Though equal to all things, Tor all things unlit, ertainly be mortal, unless the heart of a man lately dead could be obta fora drudge, disobedient; And too fond of the right to pursue the cipedie nt. In short, 'twas his fate,... | |
 | John Forster - 1848 - 740 pages
...deep for hu hearers, utill'went on rtfmlng, And thonght of convincing, while they thought nf dining. Though equal to all things, for all things unfit :...to pursue the expedient, In short, 'twas his fate, unemploy'd, or in place, sir, To eat mutton cold, and eat blocks with a, razor. Tommy Townshend had... | |
 | John Forster - Authors, English - 1848 - 1294 pages
...deep for his hearers, stitt went on refining, And thought of convincing, while they thought of dining. Though equal to all things, for all things unfit :...to pursue the expedient. In short, 'twas his fate, unemploy'd, or in place, sir, To eat mutton cold, and cut blocki with a razor. Tommy Townshend bad... | |
 | Joachim Fernau - 1848 - 736 pages
...for his hearers, still went on refining, And thought of convincing, while they thought of din ing. Though equal to all things, for all things unfit :...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. Tommy Townshend had... | |
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