 That sly-boots was cursedly cunning to hide 'em. Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, We scarcely can praise it, or blame it too much; Who, born for the universe, narrowed his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind: Though...  Cassell's Picturesque Australasia - Page 62edited by - 1880Full view - About this book
 | Robert Bisset - 1800 - 490 pages
...narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind: Tho" fraught with all learning, kept 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... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1803 - 192 pages
...party gave up what was meant for mankind. * Vide page 73. f Ibid. 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... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1807 - 562 pages
...stood in the couplet where Mr. Townshend is now introduced : " Though fraught with all learning kept straining his throat, " To persuade Tommy Townshend to lend him a vote." It may be worth remarking, among the minutiae of my collection, that Johnson was once drawn to serve... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1813 - 124 pages
...narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant 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, still went on rer fining, And thought of convincing, while they thought... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1818 - 294 pages
...his miiHl, And to party gave up what was meant 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, still went on refining, And thought of convincing while they thought... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1821 - 446 pages
...narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind. Though fraught with all learning, yet 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 of convincing,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1821 - 236 pages
...narrowed his mind, And to party gave up what was meant 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, still went on refining, And thought of convincing, while they thought... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 314 pages
...the Irish bar. $ Sir Joshua Reynolds § An eminent 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... | |
 | James Boswell - 1821 - 380 pages
...stood in the couplet where Mr. Townshend is now introduced : " Though fraught with all learning kept straining his throat, To persuade Tommy Townshend to lend him a vote." It may be worth remarking, among the minutice of my collection, that Johnson was once drawn to serve... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1822 - 506 pages
...stood in the couplet where Mr. Townshend is now introduced : " Though fraught with all learning kept straining his throat, " To persuade Tommy Townshend to lend' him a vote." It may be worth remarking among the minutiae of my collection, that Johnson was once drawn to serve... | |
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