 | Horace Walpole - 1840 - 540 páginas
...circumstance which gives point to Goldsmith's ment1on of this Mr. Townshend in his character of Burke : — yet straining his throat To persuade Tommy Townshend to lend him a vote. — C. ' Henry Seymour Conway, only brother of Lord Hertford, at this time a groom of the bedchamber,... | |
 | Horace Walpole (4th earl of Orford.) - 1840 - 548 páginas
...circumstance which gives point to Goldsmith's ment1on of this Mr. Townshend in his character of Burke : — yet straining his throat To persuade Tommy Townshend to lend him a vote. — C. 1 Henry Seymour Conway, only brother of Lord Hertford, at this time a groom of the bedchamber,... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1840 - 454 páginas
...conversation was 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 or convincing, while they thought ofdi In short, 'twas his fate, unemploy'd or in place, sir, To eat... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 548 páginas
...much; Who, born for the universe, narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind. Though fraught with all learning, yet straining his throat To persuade Tommy Townshendt to lend him a vote: Who, too deep for his hearers, still went on refining, And thought of... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 292 páginas
...; Who, born for the universe, narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind ; Though fraught with all learning, yet straining his throat To persuade Tommy Townshendt to lend him a vote ; Who too deep for his hearers, still went on refining, And thought of... | |
 | John Campbell - 1842 - 512 páginas
...that engages the reflecting minority. The Liberator of the Hottentots, like the immortal Burke, — " Who, too deep for his hearers, still went on refining,...thought of convincing while they thought of dining ;" frequently talks an assembly of shallow men into marked and ill-mannered impatience, while discoursing... | |
 | John Campbell - 1842 - 562 páginas
...; that engages the reflecting 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 thonght of dining . ' frequently talks an assembly of shallow men into marked and ill-mannered impatience,... | |
 | 1842 - 592 páginas
...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... | |
 | S. Warrand - 1842 - 590 páginas
...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... | |
 | 1842 - 788 páginas
...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... | |
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Who, too deep for his hearers, still went on refining, And thought of convincing, while they thought of dining ; Tho' 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... 
