Though fraught with all learning, yet straining his throat To persuade f 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... Miscellaneous poems. Dramatic poems - Page 107by Oliver Goldsmith - 1820Full view - About this book
| Oliver Goldsmith (the Poet.) - 1839 - 358 pages
...fraught 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 - 1839 - 550 pages
...for mankind Though fraught with all learning, yet straining hi throat To persuade Tommy Townshendt refin ing, And thought of convincing, while they thought о dining : Though equal to all things, for... | |
| Maria Edgeworth - 1840 - 454 pages
...conversation was renewed by the English gentleman's repeating Goldsmith's celebrated lines on Burke : " Who, too deep for his hearers, still went on refining And thought or convincing, while they thought ofdi In short, 'twas his fate, unemploy'd or in place, sir, To eat... | |
| John Campbell - 1842 - 512 pages
...that engages the reflecting minority. The Liberator of the Hottentots, like the immortal Burke, — " Who, too deep for his hearers, still went on refining,...thought of convincing while they thought of dining ;" frequently talks an assembly of shallow men into marked and ill-mannered impatience, while discoursing... | |
| John Campbell - 1842 - 562 pages
...; that engages the reflecting minority. The Liberator of the Hottentots, like the immortal Burke, " Who, too deep for his hearers, still went on refining, And thought of convincing while they thonght of dining . ' frequently talks an assembly of shallow men into marked and ill-mannered impatience,... | |
| 1842 - 592 pages
...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... | |
| S. Warrand - 1842 - 590 pages
...was known to his contemporaries by the nickname of 'the Dinner-Bell.' 'Too deep for liis bearers, he went on refining; And thought of convincing, while they thought of dining!" Fox, so pre-eminent as a debater, appears with small dislinction in his authorship. Nay more, even... | |
| 1842 - 788 pages
...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 bis authorship. Nay more, even... | |
| 1843 - 714 pages
...; that engages the reflecting minority. The liberator of the Hottentots, like the immortal Burke, " Who, too deep for his hearers, still went on refining,...thought of convincing while they thought of dining ;" frequently talks an assembly of shallow MI: ii into marked and ill-mannered impatience, while discoursing... | |
| Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 336 pages
...what was meant for mankind. Though fraught with all learning, yet straining his throat To persuade Tommy Townshend to lend him a vote ; Who, too deep...statesman, too proud for a wit ; For a patriot too cold ; for a drudge disobedient ; Ağd too fond of the right to pursue the expedient ; In short, 't... | |
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