 Though equal to all things, 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 the expedient. In short, 'twas his fate, unemploy'd, or in place,...  The Plain Speaker: Opinions on Books, Men, and Things : in Two Volumes - Sida 9efter William Hazlitt - 1826 - 912 sidorObegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 548 sidor
...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, 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.... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 398 sidor
...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, 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 the expedient.... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1842 - 416 sidor
...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 , 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 the expedient.... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 336 sidor
...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 ; Too nice for a 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... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 sidor
...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 deficient in judgment, and not particular as : For a patriot too cool ; for a drudge disobedient, And too fond of the right to pursue the expédient.... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 680 sidor
...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 ; Too nice for a 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... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 sidor
...hearers, still went on геш)пг, And thought of convincing, while they thought of dining. Though ei|ual nd : For a patriot too cool ; for a drudge disobedient, And too fond of the riijkt to pursue the e.rftc<Ji&it.... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1845 - 550 sidor
...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, Too nice for a statesman, too proud for a wit; For a patriot, too cool; fora drudge, disobedient; Ami too Kind of the right to pursue the expedient.... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 416 sidor
...for his hearers, still went on refining, And thought of convincing , while they thought of (lining ; Though equal to all things, 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 the expedient.... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 282 sidor
...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, 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 the expedient.... | |
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