 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; Though equal to all things, for...  Wit and Humor - Page 249by Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 261 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1818 - 294 pages
...mankind ; Though fraught with all learning, yet straining his throat To persuade Tommy Townshend * to lend him a vote ; Who, too deep for his hearers,...proud for a wit ; For a patriot, too cool ; for a drndge, disohedient; And too fond of the right to pursue the expedient. In short, 'twas his fate, imemploy'd,... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Aesthetics - 1817 - 312 pages
...parliamentary auditors, yet the 183 cultivated classes throughout Europe have reason to be thankful, that he went on refining, And thought of convincing, while they thought of dining. Our very sign boards (said an illustrious friend to me) give evidence, that there has been a TITIAN... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1818 - 274 pages
...for mankind. Though fraught with all learning, yet straining his throat To persuade Tommy Townshend 1 to lend him a vote; Who, too deep for his hearers,...refining, And thought of convincing, while they thought of dming; Though equal to all things, for all things unfit; Too nice for a statesman, too proud for a... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1819 - 120 pages
...convincing while they thought of dining ; : Though pqual <o all things, for all things unfit, Too nice lor a statesman, too proud for a wit ; "For a patriot too cool ; for a drudge, disobedi* ent; And too foud of the right to pursue the expedient. In short, 'twas his fate, unemploy'd,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English literature - 1820 - 488 pages
...mankind ; Though fraught with all learning, yet straining his throat To persuade f Tommy Townshend to lend him a vote; Who, too deep for his hearers,...fond of the right, to pursue the expedient. In short, 'twas his fate, unemploy'd, or in place, sir, To eat mutton cold, and cut blocks with a razor. Here... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1821 - 446 pages
...straining his throat, To persuade** Tommy Townshend to lend him a vote; * David Garrick, Esq. Who, tooideep for his hearers, still went on refining, And thought...fond of the right to pursue the expedient. In short, 'twas his fate, unemploy'd or in place, sir, To eat mutton cold, and cut blocks with a razor. Here... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1821 - 236 pages
...mankind. Though fraught with all learning, yet straining his throat, To persuade §Tommy Townshend to lend him a vote ; Who, too deep for his hearers,...thought of convincing, while they thought of dining , * An eminent attorney. t Vide page G8. t Vide page 68. §Mr. T. Townshend, member. for. Whitthurch.... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 314 pages
...attorney. 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, [dining; And thought of convincing, while they thought of Though equal to all things, for all things... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 296 pages
...straining his To persuade Tommy Townshend " to lend him a vote; Who.too deep for his hearers,still wenton refining, And thought of convincing, while they thought...fond of the right to pursue the expedient. In short, 'twas his fate, unemploy'd, or in place, sir, To eat mutton cold, and cut blocks with a razor. Here... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - English poetry - 1822 - 428 pages
...To persuade Tommy Townshend" to lend him a Who, too deep for his hearers, still wt-nt on re fin ng, And thought of convincing, while they thought of dining...for a wit ; For a patriot too cool ; for a drudge disnti e-.lient ; And too fond of the right to pursue the expedient. In short, 'twas his fate, unemploy'd,... | |
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