...fraught with all learning, yet straining his throat, [vote ; To persuade Tommy Townshend15 to lend him a Who, too deep for his hearers, still went on refining,...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...

...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,...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...

...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...

...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...

...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. 1 Our very sign boards (said an illustrious friend to me) give evidence, that there has been a TITIAN...

...William Lauder's claim that Milton had plagiarized from certain modern Latin poets in Paradise Lost. Who, too deep for his hearers, still went on refining,...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...

...dinner bell", echoing Goldsmith's lines on his fellow Irishman: Who, too deep for his hearers, yet went on refining, And thought of convincing, while they thought of dining. 11 And in The Orawr< journey (Plate 73), Burke is placed in the histrionic company of aa& -« • 72....

...celebrated lines upon the illustrious Burke may, without the least impropriety, be applied to George: Though equal to all things, for all things unfit;...statesman - too proud for a wit; For a patriot too cool - for a drudge disobedient, And too fond of the right to pursue the expedientlll . . . One great...

...describe me, who can, An abridgement of all that was pleasant in man. 4177 Retaliatlon (of Edmund Burke) Who, too deep for his hearers, still went on refining,...unfit, Too nice for a statesman, too proud for a wit. 4178 Retaliatlon (of Garrick) On the stage he was natural, simple, affecting; 'Twas only that when...

...describe me, who can, An abridgement of all that was pleasant in man. 1691 Retaliation (of Edmund Burke) Who, too deep for his hearers, still went on refining,...things unfit, Too nice for a statesman, too proud for a 1692 Retaliation (of Garrick) On the stage he was natural, simple, affecting; 'Twas only that when...