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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... "
The Select Works of Oliver Goldsmith: In One Volume. With the Portrait of ... - Pągina 215
per Oliver Goldsmith - 1842 - 399 pągines
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Miscellaneous poems. Dramatic poems

Oliver Goldsmith - 1820 - 488 pągines
...genius was such, We scarcely can praise it, or blame it too much ; Who, born for the universe, narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for...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...
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Poems

Oliver Goldsmith - 1821 - 236 pągines
...genius was such, We scarcely can praise it, or blame it too much ; Who, born for the universe, narrowed his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for...thought of convincing, while they thought of dining ; * An eminent attorney. t Vide page 68. t Vide page 68. $ Mr. T. Townshend, member for, Whitcuurch....
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The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, Volum 2

Oliver Goldsmith - 1821 - 446 pągines
...genius was such, We scarcely can praise it, or blame it too much ; Who, born for the universe, narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for...To persuade** Tommy Townshend to lend him a vote; * David Garrick, Esq. Who, tooideep for his hearers, still went on refining, And thought of convincing,...
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Select Works of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical ..., Volum 9

John Aikin - 1821 - 314 pągines
...genius was such, We scarcely can praise it, or blame it too much; Who, born for the universe, narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind; * David Garrick, Esq. f Counsellor John Ridge, a gentleman belonging to the Irish bar. $ Sir Joshua...
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Sermons, Volum 1

Joseph Stevens Buckminster - 1821 - 448 pągines
...and support myself by the authority of Goldsmith, who ventured early to lament that • be narrowed his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind. But the awful history of eur own times has persuaded me to forbear; for of Burke, at least, posterity...
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The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected in Eighteen Volumes, Volum 1

John Dryden - 1821 - 570 pągines
...assertion that he belonged to the school of Dryden. Churchill — Who, born for the universe, narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind^— Churchill was one of the first to seek in the " Mac-Flecknoe,"the "Absalom," and the " Hind and Panther,"...
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The North American Review, Volum 33

1831 - 592 pągines
...world. He is the advocate of human liberty. It cannot be said of him, as of Burke, that he narrowed his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind. No; what was meant for mankind, he has given to mankind. We have adverted to his exertions in behalf...
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The life of Samuel Johnson. Copious notes by Malone, Volum 5

James Boswell - 1821 - 378 pągines
...stood in the couplet where Mr. Townshend is now introduced : " Though fraught with all learning kept straining his throat, To persuade Tommy Townshend to lend him a vote." It may be worth remarking, among the mimttice of my collection, that Johnson was once drawn to serve...
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The Traveller, the Deserted Village, and Other Poems

Oliver Goldsmith - 1822 - 194 pągines
...narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind : i ' .in eminent attorney. Tho' fraught with all learning, yet straining his throat...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...
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The British Poets: Including Translations ...

British poets - 1822 - 296 pągines
...straining his To persuade Tommy Townshend " to lend him a vote; Who.too deep for his hearers,still wenton refining, And thought of convincing, while they thought...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...
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