 Who, too deep for his hearers, still went on refining, And thought of convincing, while they thought of dining...  Biographia Literaria - 第 125 頁Samuel Taylor Coleridge 著 - 1907 - 334 頁完整檢視 - 關於此書
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1834 - 360 頁
...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. Our very sign boards (said an illustrious friend to me) give evidence that there has been a TITIAN in the world.... | |
 | 1848 - 780 頁
...Prominent among the greatest was one, who, although it has been said of him that " too deep for his hearers he went on refining, And thought of convincing while they thought of dining," was yet the most splendid orator of modern times, the renowned Edmund Burke. There, too, was Pitt,... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1835 - 450 頁
...gentleman's repeating Goldsmith's celebrated lines on Burke: " Who, too deep for his hearers, still went on refining, And thought of convincing, while they thought of dining ; In short, 'twas his fate, unemployed or in plaee, sir, To eat mutton cold, and cut blocks with a... | |
 | Englishmen - 1836 - 260 頁
...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 ;... | |
 | Robert Walsh - 1837 - 572 頁
...could of course be no communion between natures so different. " Who, too deep for his hearers, still went on refining, And thought of convincing while they thought of dining; Though equal to all things, yet for all things unfit, Too nice for a statesman, too proud for a wit."... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1837 - 472 頁
...Reynolds. * An eminent attorney. 5 Vide page g3. 6 Vide page g3. 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;... | |
 | 1837 - 536 頁
...could of course be no communion between natures so different. " Who, too deep for his hearers, still went on refining, And thought of convincing while they thought of dining; Though equal to all things, yet for all things unfit, Too nice for a statesman, too proud for a wit."... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1839 - 360 頁
...his throat, [vote : To persuade 15 Tommy Townshend to lend him a 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 ;... | |
 | Sir James Prior - 1839 - 646 頁
...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 ;... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1839 - 242 頁
...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 ;... | |
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