 | Charles Butler - 1824 - 372 strani
...We remember the verses, in which he is described to be one, " Who, born for the universe, narrowed his mind, And to party gave up, what was meant for mankind." But, if he had not been the very thing he was, would so many general truths have fallen from him ?... | |
 | 1824 - 720 strani
...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 Townsend to lend him a... | |
 | Charles Butler - 1824 - 430 strani
...\Ve remember the verses, in which he is described to be one, " Who, born for the universe, narrowed his mind, " And to party gave up, what was meant for mankind." is some extenuation of them that, in his time, equal subserviency, and equal adulation, were chargeable... | |
 | Charles Butler - 1824 - 476 strani
...We remember the verses, in which he is described to be one, " Who, born for the universe, narrowed his mind, " And to party gave up, what was meant for mankind." is some extenuation of them that, in his time, equal subserviency, and equal adulation, were chargeable... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1825 - 440 strani
...possibly read the manuscript after he has once written it, or overlook the press. If there were a writer, who " born for the universe"— " Narrow'd his mind,...And to party gave up what was meant for mankind—" who, from the height of his genius looking abroad into nature, and scanning the recesses of the human... | |
 | 1825 - 518 strani
...work before us, inconsistent and qualified as it is, will afford another. " If there were a writer, who, ' Born for the universe, narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind,'— . * who, from the height of genius, looking abroad into nature, and x Although Coleridge has certainly... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1825 - 482 strani
...possibly read the manuscript after he has once written it, or overlook the press. If there were a writer, who, "born for the universe"— " Narrow'd his mind,...to party gave up what, was meant for mankind—'* who, from the height of his genius looking abroad into nature, and scanning the recesses of the human... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1825 - 160 strani
...Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was inch, 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: (9) Counsellor John Ridge, a gentleman belonging io the Irish bar. (10) Sir Joshua Reynolds. (11) An... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1825 - 426 strani
...possibly read the manuscript after he has once written it, or overlook the press. If there were a writer, who " born for the universe"— " ——— Narrow'd...And to party gave up what was meant for mankind—" who, from the height of his genius looking abroad into nature, and scanning the recesses of the human... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1825 - 476 strani
...our good Edmund, 6 whose genius was such, We scarcely can praise it, or blame it too much; W T ho, 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 7 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 
