 | Charles M'Cormick - 1798 - 402 strani
...whofe genius was fuch, " We fcarcely can praife it, or blame it too much; " Who, born for the univerfe, narrow'd his mind, " And to party gave up what was meant for mankind. K Tho' fraught with all learning, yet ftraining his throat, " To perfuade Tommy Townfend to lend him... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1800 - 192 strani
...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 fraught with alllearning, yet straininghis throat, To persuade Tommy Townshend ° to lend him... | |
 | Robert Bisset - 1800 - 490 strani
...Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, \Ve 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, kept straining his throat, To persuade Tommy Townshend to lend him... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1803 - 192 strani
...Here lies our good Edmund,f 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. * Vide page 73. f Ibid. Though fraught with all learning, yet straining his throat, To persuade Tommy... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1805 - 264 strani
...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 fraught with all learning, yet straining his throat To persuadeTommyTownshend 1 to lend him... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1807 - 238 strani
...admirable display of snbtilty, united with brilliance, might his contending with Berkeley have afforded us. How must we, when we reflect on the loss of such an..." And to party gave up what was meant for mankind ?" Talking of the origin of language, Johnson said, "It must have come bv inspiration. A thousand,... | |
 | John Britton - 1807 - 252 strani
...all, and became a cobler at last. Goldsmith records of Burke, that '< Though born for the universe, he narrow'd his mind, And to Party gave up what was meant for mankind." But here, the case was reversed, as Our political fop Cave up to mankind what was meant for the shop.... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 564 strani
...assertion that he belonged to the school of Dryden. Churchill— Who, born for the universe, narrowed 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,'... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1809 - 102 strani
...whofe genius was fuch, We fcarcely can praife it, or blame it too much; Who, born for the univerfe, narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind. Tho' fraught with all learning, yet ftraining his throat, ToperfuadeTommyTownihendtf to lend hima vote;... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1811 - 212 strani
...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: Tho' fraught with all learning, yet straining his throat To persuade Tommy Townshend '* to lend him... | |
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How must we, when we 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 
