 | James Boswell - 1791 - 608 pagina’s
...introduced: " Though fraught with all learning, kept ftraining his throat, " To perfuade Tommy Town/bend to lend him a vote." It may be worth remarking, among the minutiae of my collection, that Johnfon was once drawn for the militia, the Trained Bands of the City of London, and that Mr. Rackftrow,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1791 - 608 pagina’s
...introduced : " Though fraught with all learning, kept ftraining his throat, " To perfuade Tommy Townjhend to lend him a vote." It may be worth remarking, among the minutLe of my collection, that Johnfon was once drawn for the militia, the Trained Bands of the City... | |
 | Robert Bisset - 1800 - 490 pagina’s
...Who, born for the universe, narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind: Tho" fraught with all learning, kept 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... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1803 - 192 pagina’s
...party gave up what was meant for mankind. * Vide page 73. f Ibid. Though fraught with all learning, yet 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... | |
 | James Boswell - 1807 - 562 pagina’s
...assured, that Mr. Townshend's attack upon Johnson was the occasion of his " hitching in a rhyme ;" for, that in the original copy of Goldsmith's character...was once drawn to serve in the militia, the Trained Bands of the City of London, and that Mr. Rackstrow, of the Museum in Fleet-street, was his Colonel.... | |
 | James Boswell - 1807 - 532 pagina’s
...assured, that Mr. Townshend's attack upon Johnson was the occasion of his " hitching in a rhyme ;" for, that in the original copy of Goldsmith's character...fraught with all learning kept straining his throat, if To persuade Tommy Townshend to lend him-a vote." 1784. It may be worth remakring, among the minuticeof... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1811 - 212 pagina’s
...narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind : Tho' fraught with all learning, yet 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... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1813 - 124 pagina’s
...narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind. Though fraught with all learning, yet straining his throat, To persuade £Tommy Townshend to lend him a vote; Who, too deep for his hearers, still went on rer fining, And thought of convincing, while they thought... | |
 | Horace Twiss - 1814 - 126 pagina’s
...narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind. Though fraught with all learning, yet 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... | |
 | James Boswell - 1817 - 536 pagina’s
...of Goldsmith'» character of Mr. Burke, in his " Retaliation," another person's name »tood in tli* couplet where Mr. Townshend is now introduced : " Though fraught with all learning kept straining hit throat, " To pertuade Tommy Towntlteud to lend bim a vote." It may be worth remarking, among the... | |
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That sly-boots was cursedly cunning to hide 'em. Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, We scarcely can praise it, or blame it too much; Who, born for the universe, narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind. Though... 
