 | Thomas F. Walker - 1830 - 256 páginas
...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 : Tho' fraught with all learning, yet straining his throat, To persuade Tommy Townshend|| to lend him... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1830 - 544 páginas
...genius wa such, We scarcely can praise it, or blame it too much; Who, born for the universe, narrow'd N N Z \ Though fraught with all learning, yet straining his throat To persuade Tommy Townshendt to lend him... | |
 | 1831 - 426 páginas
...consented to mingle himself with the political wranglings of the day, that ' Born for the universe, he narrowed his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind.' To the works, to which we have already alluded, we shall have occasion to recur in the course of this... | |
 | Francis Jenks, James Walker, Francis William Pitt Greenwood, William Ware - 1831 - 422 páginas
...consented to mingle himself with the political wranglings of the day, that ' Born for the universe, he narrowed his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind.' To the works, to which we have already alluded, we shall have occasion to recur in the course of this... | |
 | 1831 - 790 páginas
...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 fraught with all learning, yet straining his throat, To persuade tTommy Townshend to lend him... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 604 páginas
...intellectual feast, regret that he should aracterised as the man, " Who born for the universe narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind 1 ? " r revered friend walked down with me to the i, where we embraced and parted with tenderand engaged... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1834 - 516 páginas
...assertion that he belonged to the school of Dryden.1 Churchill — " Who, born for the universe, narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind," * — Churchill was one of the first to seek in the " Mac1 ["I learned versification wholly from the... | |
 | 1835 - 40 páginas
...great effects they may produce, when properly improved. Though it was satirically said of Burke, " He, born for the universe narrowed his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind," yet we think it cannot be properly said of Mr. Canning. His powers were such as could insure success... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 378 páginas
...but not so satisfactory.— FONNEHEAU,] (?.) Mr. Burke. — C. " Who, born for the universe, narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind? " (1) My revered friend walked down with me to the beach, where we embraced and parted with tenderness,... | |
 | Horace Smith - 1836 - 224 páginas
...sociable beings, and useful members of society. Goldsmith very properly condemns the man of talent, " who narrowed his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind." " If the division of the male community into grades and classes be a confessed evil, what shall we... | |
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Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, We scarcely can praise it, or blame it too much; Who, born for the universe, narrowed his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind. 
