 | American periodicals - 1827 - 496 pages
...of speaking. the popular report of him, on the part of his associates and admirers, was, that " he went on refining, And thought of convincing while they thought of dining." When arguments against a systematic, laborious, and long continued study of the art of speaking fail,... | |
 | American periodicals - 1827 - 500 pages
...the vehicle, the popular report of him, on the part of his associates and admirers, was, that " he went on refining, And thought of convincing while they thought of dining." Can any one believe that this would have been said of Burke, in his lifetime by his friends, had he... | |
 | Edmund Henry Barker - Authorship - 1828 - 588 pages
...Parliamentary auditors, yet the 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... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 436 pages
...straining his throat To persuade Tommy Townshcnd 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 all thini;* unfit. Too nice for a statesman, too proud for a wit... | |
 | Thomas F. Walker - English poetry - 1830 - 256 pages
...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 all things unfit ; Too nice for a statesman, too proud for a wit:... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1830 - 844 pages
...training his throat, To persuade Tommy Townsend to lend him a vote ; Who, too deep for his hearers, still G ~ uU @k + Though equal to all things, for all tilings unfit-; Too nice for a statesman, too proud for a wit :... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1830 - 544 pages
...his hearers, still went on refin ing, And thought of convincing, while they thought о dining: Though a L 1 V - 9z r (bC ,G w statesman, too proud for a wit; For a patriot, too cool; for a drudge, disobedient; And too fond of... | |
 | Satire, English - 1831 - 790 pages
...his throat, To persuade tTommy 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 all things unfit, Too nice for a stateman, too proud for a wit; For... | |
 | Art - 1832 - 616 pages
...his hearers, still weut 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 disobedieut, Aud too fond of... | |
 | 1848 - 780 pages
...among the greatest was one, who, although it has been said of him that " too deep for his hearers he went on refining, And thought of convincing while they thought of dining," was yet the most splendid orator of modern times, the renowned Edmund Burke. There, too, was Pitt,... | |
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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, sir,... 
