 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 σελίδες
...disobedient, And too fond of the right to pursue the expédient. In short, 'twas his fate, unemployed, to quit the ground ; 'Twas therefore said by ancient sages, liée David Garrick, describe him who can, An abridgment of all that was pleasant in man ; As an actor,... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 336 σελίδες
...disobedient ; A»d too fond of the right to pursue the expedient ; In short, 't was his fate, unemployed or in place, sir, To eat mutton cold, and cut blocks with a razor." A short time previous to his death, Burke expressed the hope that only a simple stone, with a brief... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 680 σελίδες
...disobedient ; A»d too fond of the right to pursue the expedient ; In short, 't was his fate, unemployed or in place, sir, To eat mutton cold, and cut blocks with a razor." A short time previous to his death, Burke expressed the hope that only a simple stone, with a brief... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 334 σελίδες
...Too nice for a statesman, too proud for a wit ; For a patriot too cold ; for a drudge disobedient ; And too fond of the right to pursue the expedient ; In short, 't was his fate, unemployed or in place, sir, To eat mutton cold, and cut blocks with a razor." A short... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1845 - 550 σελίδες
...for a statesman, too proud for a wit; For a patriot, too cool; fora drudge, disobedient; Ami too Kind of the right to pursue the expedient. In short, 'twas...cut blocks with a razor. Here lies honest William, S whose heart was a mint, While the owner ne'er knew half the good that wasin't; The pupil of impulse,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1845 - 276 σελίδες
...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....— To eat mutton cold, and cut blocks with a razor. 15 The epitaph on Ednrand Burke, whatever tact it may display, is not a very friendly effusion ; and,... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 416 σελίδες
...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....While the owner ne'er knew half the good that was in 't ; The pupil of impuise, it forc'd him along, His conduct still right, with his arguments wrong... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 410 σελίδες
...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....sir, To eat mutton cold, and cut blocks with a razor. 10 Here lies honest William, whose heart was a mint, While the owner ne'er knew half the good that... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 282 σελίδες
...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 't was his fate, unemploy'd, or in place, sir, To eat mutton cold, and cut blocks with a razor.i" Here... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 290 σελίδες
...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 't was his fate, unemploy'd, or in place, sir, To eat mutton cold, and cut blocks with a razor."1 Here... | |
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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 a patriot, too cool ; for a drudge, disobedient... 
