...need I repeat what has been already faid in fo happy a manner by Goldfmith of this great man : — Who too deep for his hearers, ftill went on refining,...thought of convincing, while they thought of dining.* And if in confequence it was his fate to " cut blocks with a razor," I may be permitted to add, that...

...at times his muse soared a flight too high for the dull brains of a jury of shopkeepers ; that he " went on refining, And thought of convincing, while they thought of dining." But the criticism is more pointed at the tendency of his style, than well-founded in its general effect....

...straining his throat To persuade Tommy Towushcudt to lend him & 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 ; For...

...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 of dining. Though equal to all things, for all things unfit : Too nice for a statesman, too proud for a wit ;...

...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 of dining. Though equal to all things, for all things unfit : Too nice for a statesman, too proud for a wit ;...

...hie throat _ To persuade Tommy Townsbendt to lend him a vote ; Wbo, too deep for hie 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 ; For...

...dynion yn cu synwyrau y pryd hwnw, fei yr ocddid ar yr areithydd oedd yn " Too deep for his hearers, bo went on refining, And thought of convincing while they thought of dining." Y gwirionedd yw, yr oedd barddoniaeth ymhell iawn yn ol yn nyddiau Dafydd Nanmawr, William Cynwal,...

...dyniou yn eu synwyrau y pryd hwnw, fel yr oeddid ar yr areithydd oedd yn " Too deep for his hearer?, he went on refining, And thought of convincing while they thought of dining." Y gwirionedd yw, yr oedd barddoniaeth ymhell iawn yn ol yn nyddiau Dafydd Nanmawr, William Cynwal,...

...sublimity or pathos, they usually became wearisome to the House from their minuteness and subtlety, as " He went on refining, And thought of convincing while they thought of dining." We sec, then, in the philosophical habits of his mind (admirable as the results were in most respects),...

...Burke, whose manner and brogue were strongly against him, was one " 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 ;...