...as one who was kept back in his dazzling, wayward career, by the supererogation of his talents — Though equal to all things, for all things unfit, Too nice for a statesman, too proud for a wit. Dr. Johnson, in Boswell's Life, tells us that the only person whose conversation he ever sought for...

...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,...

...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...

...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...

...for mankind. Though fraught with all learning, yet straining his throat To persuade Tommy Townshcnd to lend him a vote ; Who, too deep for his hearers,...thought of dining ; Though equal to all things, for all thini;* unfit. Too nice for a statesman, too proud for a wit ; For a patriot too cool :, for a drudge...

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...for mankind. Though fraught with all learning, yet straining his throat, To persuade tTommy Townshend to lend him a vote ; Who, too deep for his hearers,...to all things, for all things unfit, Too nice for a stateman, too proud for a wit; For a patriot too cool ; fora drudge, disobedient, And too fond of the...

...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 of convincing, whilst they thought of dining ; In short, 'twas his fate, unemploy'd or in place, sit, To eat mutton...

...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 of convincing, whilst they thought of dining ; In short, 'twas his fate, unemploy'd or in place, sir, To eat mutton...

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