 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, sir,...  Tales and Novels - Strana 160autor/autoři: Maria Edgeworth - 1848Úplné zobrazení - Podrobnosti o knize
 | John Timbs - 1860 - 432 str.
...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,...sir, To eat mutton cold, and cut blocks with a razor. Cumberland, " the Terence of England," in his Supplement to " Retaliation," sings: To Burke a pure... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1860 - 802 str.
...disobedient , And too fond of the right to pursue the expedient. In short, 'twas his fate, unemploy'd or iu officer of my acquaintance was brought in wounded. The cann * The history of this poem is a " curiosity of literature." Goldsmith had peculiarities which attracted... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1861 - 570 str.
...disobedient ; And too fond of the right to pursue the expedient. In short, 'twas his fate, unemployed or in place, sir, To eat mutton cold, and cut blocks with a razor. Here lies honest William, whose heart was a mint, While the owner ne'er knew half the good that was... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith, Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1862 - 328 str.
...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,...sir, To eat mutton cold, and cut blocks with a razor. Here lies honest 16 William, whose heart was a mint, [was in't; While the owner ne'er knew half the... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1862 - 880 str.
...disobedient, And too fond of the right to pursue the expedient. In short, 'twas his fate, unemployed s stripped of its splendid Turning away from the inconstancy of Mr Burke as a politician, let us contemplate him as a private... | |
 | esq Henry Jenkins - 1864 - 800 str.
...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,...sir, To eat mutton cold, and cut blocks with a razor. ****** Here lies David Garrick, describe him who can, — An abridgement of all that was pleasant in... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1864 - 436 str.
...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,...sir, To eat mutton cold, and cut blocks with a razor. Here lies honest William, whose heart was a mint, While the owner ne'er knew half the good that was... | |
 | James Beattie, Oliver Goldsmith - 1864 - 540 str.
...John Ridge, a gentleman belonging to the Irish bar. J Sir Joshua Reynolds. § An eminent attorney. In short, 'twas his fate, unemploy'd, or in place,...sir, To eat mutton cold, and cut blocks with a razor. Here lies honest William, whose heart was a mint, While the owner ne'er knew half the good that was... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1864 - 182 str.
...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,...sir, To eat mutton cold, and cut blocks with a razor. Here lies honest William, whose heart was a mint, While the owner ne'er knew half the good that was... | |
 | 1865 - 342 str.
...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,...sir, To eat mutton cold, and cut blocks with a razor. Here lies honest 16 William, whose heart was a mint, [was in't ; While the owner ne'er knew half the... | |
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