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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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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of His ..., Volum 3

James Boswell - 1807 - 562 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 minutiae of my collection, that Johnson was once drawn to serve...
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The Pleasures of Human Life: Investigated Cheerfully, Elucidated Satirically ...

John Britton - 1807 - 252 pągines
...became a cobler at last. Goldsmith records of Burke, that '< Though born for the universe, he narrow'd his mind, And to Party gave up what was meant for mankind." But here, the case was reversed, as Our political fop Cave up to mankind what was meant for the shop....
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Essay on Irish bulls, by R. L. and M. Edgeworth

Richard Lovell Edgeworth - 1808 - 302 pągines
...conversation wa s 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 of convincing, whilst they thought of dining, In short 'twas his fate unernploy'd or in place, sir, To eat mutton...
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The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected in Eighteen Volumes ..., Volum 1

John Dryden - 1808 - 608 pągines
...assertion that he belonged to the school of Dryden. Churchill — Who, born for the universe, narrowed 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 Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected ...

John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 564 pągines
...assertion that he belonged to the school of Dryden. Churchill — Who, born for the universe, narrowed 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...
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The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, Volum 2

Oliver Goldsmith - 1809 - 322 pągines
...scarcely can praise it, or blame it too much ; "Who, born for the universe, narrow'd his mind, Ajid to party gave up what was meant for mankind. Though...learning, yet straining his throat, To persuade Tommy Townsendt to lend him a vote ; Who, too deep for his hearers, still went on refining, And thought of...
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The Monthly Anthology, and Boston Review, Volum 7

David Phineas Adams, William Emerson, Samuel Cooper Thacher - 1809 - 446 pągines
...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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The poetical works of Oliver Goldsmith, with the life of the author ...

Oliver Goldsmith - 1809 - 102 pągines
...genius was fuch, We fcarcely can praife it, or blame it too much; Who, born for the univerfe, narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind. Tho' fraught with all learning, yet ftraining his throat, To perfuadeTommy Townfhendtf to lend him...
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Enfield's Guide to Elocution: Improved and Classically Divided Into Six ...

John Sabine - 1810 - 308 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...learning, yet straining his throat, To persuade Tommy Townsend to lend him a vote; . .... .'-. \ Who, too deep for his hearers, still went on refining, And...
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Smart, Wilkie, P. Whitehead, Fawkes, Lovibond, Harte, Langhorne, Goldsmith ...

Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 648 pągines
...[fining, Who, too deep for bis hearers, still went on reAmi thought of convincing, while they tbougb! of dining; Though equal to all things, for all things unfit ; Too nice for a statesman, too proud for a wit ; where the doctor, and the friends he has characterised in this poem, occasionally...
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