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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 rigid to pursue the expedient. In short, 'twas his fate, unemploy'd, or in place,... "
The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith - Stran 61
avtor: Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 118 strani
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Tales and Novels, Količine 1–2

Maria Edgeworth - 1840 - 454 strani
...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...
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The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith: With an Account of His Life and ...

Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 548 strani
...it can't be denied 'em, Thai sly-boots was cursedly cunning to hide 'em. Here lies our good Edmund,t fora drudge, disobedient; And too fond of the right to pursue the expedient. 1n short, 'twas his fate,...
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The Martyr of Erromanga: Or, The Philosophy of Missions, Illustrated from ...

John Campbell - 1842 - 512 strani
...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...
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The Martyr of Erromanga: Or, The Philosophy of Missions, Illustrated from ...

John Campbell - 1842 - 562 strani
...; 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,...
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The St. Petersburg English Review, of Literature, the Arts, and ..., Količina 4

1842 - 592 strani
...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...
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The Quarterly Review, Količina 70

1842 - 788 strani
...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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The St. Peterburg English Review, Količina 4

S. Warrand - 1842 - 590 strani
...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...
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American Baptist Missionary Magazine and Missionary ..., Količine 23–24

1843 - 714 strani
...; 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 MI: ii into marked and ill-mannered impatience, while discoursing...
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Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History, Critical and ..., Količina 2

Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 strani
...mankind. * Burke. Though fraught with all learning, yet straining his throat, To persuade Tommy Townsend rts went round, and all were gay, On neighbour Dodson's...wedding-day, Death called aside the jocund groom With him expédient. In short, 'twas his fate, unemployed, or in place, sir, To eat mutton cold, and cut blocks...
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Famous Men of Modern Times, Količina 1

Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 336 strani
...for 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,...statesman, too proud for a wit ; For a patriot too cold ; for a drudge disobedient ; A»d too fond of the right to pursue the expedient ; In short, 't...
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