 | Encyclopaedia Britannica - 1810 - 820 pages
...fuch, We fcarcely can praife it or blame it too much ; Who, born for the univerfe, narrow'd his mindt And to party gave up what was meant for mankind. Though fraught with all learning, yet ftraining his throat To perfuade Tommy Townihend to lend him a vote ; Who, too deep for his hearers,... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Ethics - 1812 - 466 pages
...why need I repeat what has been already said in so happy a manner by Goldsmith, of this great Man : " 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 give him a... | |
 | William Shakespeare - English drama (Comedy) - 1872 - 480 pages
...essential law, the constituent of its being. And of Shakespeare it could least of all be said, " he narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind." He represented men as he had seen them. And he could neither repeal nor ignore the old law of human... | |
 | Joseph Stevens Buckminster - Sermons, American - 1815 - 446 pages
...Burke, and support myself by the authority of Goldsmith, who ventured early to lament that he narrowed his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind. But the awful history of our own times has persuaded me to forbear ; for of Burke, at least, posterity... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...Yet some have declar'd, and it can't be denied 'em, ['em. That sly-boots was cursedly cunning to hide Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such We scarcely can praise it or blame it too much \Vlio, born for the universe, narrow'd his mind, [mankind : And to party gave up what was meant for... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1816 - 240 pages
...Yet some have declar'd, and it can't be denied 'em, 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;- H Who, born for the universe, narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind :... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Book ornamentation - 1817 - 192 pages
...Yet some have declar'd, and it can't be denied 'em, That sly-boots was cursedly cunning to hide "em. Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such,...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... | |
 | England - 1825 - 806 pages
...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 pages
...Yet some have declared, and it can't be denied 'em, That sly-boots was cursedly cunning to hide 'em. Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such,...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,... | |
 | John Selden - Religion and state - 1818 - 678 pages
...reflect on the loss of such an 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,... | |
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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 a vote ; Who, too deep for his hearers, still went on refining,... 
