 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 right to pursue the expedient. In short, 'twas his fate, unemploy'd, or in place,...  The Plain Speaker: Opinions on Books, Men, and Things : in Two Volumes - Página 9por William Hazlitt - 1826 - 912 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | John Louis Haney - 1920 - 472 páginas
...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 a patriot too cool; for a drudge disobedient; And too fond of the right to pursue the expedient.... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1920 - 136 páginas
...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 a patriot too cool, for a drudge disobedient, And too fond of the right to pursue the expedient.... | |
 | KATE LOUISE ROBERTS - 1922 - 1422 páginas
...salad; for in him we see Oil. vinegar, sugar, and saltness agree. GOLDSMITH — Retaliation. L. 11. of the world — have not any subsistence without a mind. GOLDSMITH — Retaliation. L. 37. 2 Hands, that the rod of empire might have swayed, Or waked to ecstasy... | |
 | Harry Morgan Ayres, Frederick Morgan Padelford - 1924 - 942 páginas
...his hearers, still went on refining, And thought of convincing, while they thought of dining ; Tho' , For a patriot too cool ; for a drudge disobedient ; And too fond of the right to pursue the expedient.... | |
 | Hugh Alexander Law - 1926 - 328 páginas
...studied in a score of text-books. (D 617) H 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 a patriot, too cool; for a drudge, disobedient, And too fond of the right to pursue the expedient.... | |
 | Charles Townsend Copeland - 1926 - 1746 páginas
...deep for his hearers, still went on refining, And thought of convincing, while they thought of dining; F I@6v/ For a patriot too cool ; for a drudge disobedient ; And too fond of the right to pursue the expedient.... | |
 | David Nichol Smith - 1926 - 744 páginas
...his hearers, still went on refining, And thought of convincing, while they thought of dining; Tho' 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 right to pursue the expedient.... | |
 | Kathleen Winifred Campbell - 1926 - 220 páginas
...his hearers, still went on refining, And thought of convincing, while they thought of dining ; Tho' 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 right to pursue the expedient.... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - 1926 - 928 páginas
...his hearers, still went on refining, And thought of convincing, while they thought of dining ; Tho' ; For a patriot too cool; for a drudge disobedient ; And too fond of the right to pursue the expedient.... | |
 | Hugh Alexander Law - 1926 - 332 páginas
...studied in a score of text-books. (D 617) H And thought of convincing, while they thought of dining; Though equal to all things, for all things unfit; Too nice for a statesman, loo proud for a wit; For a patriot, too cool; for a drudge, disobedient, And too fond of the right... | |
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