 | Encyclopaedia Britannica - 1810 - 820 pàgines
...fuch, We fcarcely can praife it or blame it too much ; Who, born for the univerfe, narrow'd his mindt And to party gave up what was meant for mankind. Though fraught with all learning, yet ftraining his throat To perfuade Tommy Townihend to lend him a vote ; Who, too deep for his hearers,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 648 pàgines
...geuius «a> such, We scarcely can praise it, or blame it too mnch ; Who, born for the universe, narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind : [bis thirai Though fraught with all learning, yet strainio: To persuade Tommy Townshend I * to lend... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1811 - 212 pàgines
...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 : Tho' fraught with all learning, yet straining his throat To persuade Tommy Townshend '* to lend him... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1812 - 470 pàgines
...genius wa* 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...fraught with all learning, yet straining his throat, Topersuadef Tommy Townshend tolendhimavote; Who, too deep for his hearers, still went on refining,... | |
 | William Windham, Thomas Amyot - 1812 - 454 pàgines
...friend and patron Mr. Burke, as Goldsmith whimsically described him, " Too deep for kis hearers, he went on refining, " And thought of convincing, while they thought of dining."' The harshness with which many members, against their better judgment, were too frequently disposed... | |
 | Thomas Amyot - 1812 - 216 pàgines
...friend and patron Mr. Burke, as Goldsmith whimsically described him, " Too deep for his hearers, he went on refining, " And thought of convincing, while they thought of dining." The harshness with which many members, against their better judgment, were too frequently disposed... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1812 - 466 pàgines
...already said in so happy a manner by Goldsmith, of this great Man : " Who, born for the universe narrow'd his mind, • And to party gave up what was meant for mankind. Tho' fraught with all learning, yet straining his throat, To persuade Tommy Townshend to give him a... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1813 - 124 pàgines
...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...vote; Who, too deep for his hearers, still went on rer fining, And thought of convincing, while they thought «f (lining ; * Tide pij?e 89. , f Vide pige... | |
 | Horace Twiss - 1814 - 126 pàgines
...genius was such, We scarcely c:m 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...refining, And thought of convincing, while they thought ol dining; Though equal to all things, for all tilings unfit, Too nice for a statesman, too proud for... | |
 | Joseph Stevens Buckminster - 1815 - 446 pàgines
...Burke, and support myself by the authority of Goldsmith, who ventured early to lament that he narrowed his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind. But the awful history of our own times has persuaded me to forbear ; for of Burke, at least, posterity... | |
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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... 
