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“Who, born for the universe, 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 of dining: Though equal to all things, for all things unfit; Too nice for a statesman, too proud for a wit.”
Provenance
- Source:
- Retaliation. Line 31.
- Type:
- Book
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- 41f122a4799d25532f5660bfe7550067740cfba3e477d68d3ae51d3217dc4184
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Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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