 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
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Biography - 1844 - 336 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 ;...statesman, too proud for a wit ; For a patriot too cold ; for a drudge disobedient ; A»d too fond of the right to pursue the expedient ; In short, 't... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Indians - 1844 - 680 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 ;...statesman, too proud for a wit ; For a patriot too cold ; for a drudge disobedient ; A»d too fond of the right to pursue the expedient ; In short, 't... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Authors - 1844 - 334 pages
...things, for all things unfit ; Too nice for a statesman, too proud for a wit ; For a patriot too cold ; for a drudge disobedient ; And too fond of the right to pursue the expedient ; In short, 't was his fate, unemployed or in place, sir, To eat mutton cold, and cut blocks with a razor." A short... | |
 | Robert Sears - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1844 - 514 pages
...thought of convincing, while they thought of dining ; Though equal to all things, for all things untii, Too nice for a statesman, too proud for a wit ; For a patriot, too cool ; fora drudge, disobedient ; And too fond of the right, to pursue the expedient: In short, 'twas his... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1845 - 550 pages
...thought of convincing, while they thought of The scourge of impostors, the terror of quacks; dining: Though equal to all things, for all things unfit,...statesman, too proud for a wit; For a patriot, too cool; fora drudge, disobedient; Ami too Kind of the right to pursue the expedient. In short, 'twas his fate,... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1846 - 416 pages
...for his hearers, still went on refining, And thought of convincing , while they thought of (lining ; 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. '"• Here lies honest... | |
 | 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... | |
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