 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1816 - 240 páginas
...whose genius was such, We scarcely can praise it, or blame it too much;- H 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 r-» throat, , To persuade Tommy Townshend ' to lend him a vote 5 Who, too deep for his... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1818 - 294 páginas
...§ An emiment attorney. |i Vide page iai. IT Ihid. \Vho, born for the universe, narrow'd his miiHl, 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,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1817 - 192 páginas
...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 : ii An eminent attorney. Tho' fraught with all learning, yet straining his throat, To persuade Tommy... | |
 | 1825 - 806 páginas
...Walter Scott's character as a Man. " If there were a writer, who, ' bom for the universe'— ' Narrowed his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind—' who, from the height of his genius look• Perhaps the finest scene in all thew novel., il that where... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1818 - 274 páginas
...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. Though fraught with all learning, yet straining his throat To persuade Tommy Townshend 1 to lend him a vote; Who, too deep for his hearers,... | |
 | John Selden - 1818 - 678 páginas
...intellectual feast, regret that he should be characterised as the man, " Who born for the universe narrow'd his mind, " And to party gave up what was meant for mankind ?" Talking of the origin of language, Johnson said, " It must have come by inspiration. A thousand,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1819 - 120 páginas
...can praise it, or blame it, too much; \Vho, born tor the universe, narrow'd his mind, Arrl to puny gave up what was meant for mankind ; Though fraught with all learning, yet straining his throat To persuade Tom,my Townsendf to jend him a vote : -,. Wiio, too deep for his hearers,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1821 - 236 páginas
...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. Though fraught with all learning, yet straining his throat, To persuade §Tommy Townshend to lend him a vote ; Who, too deep for his hearers,... | |
 | John Dryden - 1821 - 570 páginas
...under an assertion that he belonged to the school of Dryden. 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 " Mac-Flecknoe,"the "Absalom," and the " Hind and Panther,"... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 314 páginas
...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; * David Garrick, Esq. f Counsellor John Ridge, a gentleman belonging to the Irish bar. $ Sir Joshua... | |
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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, narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind. 
