 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,...  Monthly Review; Or New Literary Journal - Sida 3041774Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | 1842 - 788 sidor
...was known to his contemporaries by the nickname of ' the Dinner-Bell.' ' Too deep for his hearers, he went on refining ; And thought of convincing, while they thought of dining ! ' Fox, so pre-eminent as a debater, appears with small distinction in bis authorship. Nay more, even... | |
 | S. Warrand - 1842 - 590 sidor
...was known to his contemporaries by the nickname of 'the Dinner-Bell.' 'Too deep for liis bearers, he went on refining; And thought of convincing, while they thought of dining!" Fox, so pre-eminent as a debater, appears with small dislinction in his authorship. Nay more, even... | |
 | John Campbell - 1842 - 512 sidor
...The Liberator of the Hottentots, like the immortal Burke, — " Who, too deep for his hearers, still went on refining, And thought of convincing while they thought of dining ;" frequently talks an assembly of shallow men into marked and ill-mannered impatience, while discoursing... | |
 | 1842 - 592 sidor
...was known to his contemporaries by the nickname of ' the Dinner-Bell.' 'Too deep for his hearers, he went on refining; And thought of convincing, while they thought of dining!' Fox, so pre-eminent as a debater, appears with small distinction in his authorship. Nay more, even... | |
 | 1843 - 714 sidor
...minority. The liberator of the Hottentots, like the immortal Burke, " Who, too deep for his hearers, still went on refining, And thought of convincing while they thought of dining ;" frequently talks an assembly of shallow MI: ii into marked and ill-mannered impatience, while discoursing... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 680 sidor
...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...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... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 sidor
...straining his throat, To persuade Tommy Townsend to lend him a vote ; Who, too deep for his hearers, still dding-day, Death called aside the jocund groom With him statesman, too proud for a wit : For a patriot too cool ; for a drudge disobedient, And too fond of... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 336 sidor
...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...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... | |
 | Robert Sears - 1844 - 514 sidor
...straining his throat To persuade Tommy Townshend to lend him a vote l Who, too deep for his hearers, still went on refining, And thought of convincing, while...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... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1845 - 484 sidor
...well-earned reward. 'If it was objected to him in his own day that, " too deep for his hearers," he "still went on refining, And thought of convincing while they 'thought of dining," that searching philosophy which pervades his speeches and writings, and is there wedded in such happy... | |
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