 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 548 páginas
...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,...statesman, too proud for a wit ; For a patriot, too cool; fora drudge, disobedient; And too fond of the right to pursue the expedient. 1n short, 'twas his fate,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 páginas
...deep for his hearers, still went on refining, And thought of convincing, while they thought of dining. inute and clever observer of men and manners, but...Piozzi died at Clifton in 1822. The Three Warningt. The expédient. In short, 'twas his fate, unemployed, or in place, sir, To eat mutton cold, and cut blocks... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 páginas
...hearers, still went on геш)пг, And thought of convincing, while they thought of dining. Though ei|ual nd riijkt to pursue the e.rftc<Ji&it. In short, 'twas his fate, unemployed, or in place, sir, To cat mutton... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 336 páginas
...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 - 1844 - 680 páginas
...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 - 1844 - 334 páginas
...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 - 1844 - 514 páginas
...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 - 276 páginas
...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 :...— To eat mutton cold, and cut blocks with a razor. 15 The epitaph on Ednrand Burke, whatever tact it may display, is not a very friendly effusion ; and,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1845 - 550 páginas
...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 - 1846 - 290 páginas
...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... | |
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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, for... 
