 | 1834 - 340 strani
...»\xc"h, ily can precise it, or blame it too mucin-, 32 CALIBAN. Who, born for the universe, nanrow'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 to lend him... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 378 strani
...display of subtlety, united with brilliance, might his contending with Berkeley have afforded us ! How must we, when we reflect on the loss of such an...regret that he should be characterised as the man, — (1) Dr. Johnson seems to have been imperfectly acquainted with Berkeley's doctrine; as his experiment... | |
 | Englishmen - 1836 - 260 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, kept straining his throat, To persuade Tommy Townshend to lend him... | |
 | Horace Smith - 1836 - 426 strani
...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." and ' whom God hath joined together let no man put asunder.' The beneficial, the civilizing influences,... | |
 | Horace Smith - 1836 - 224 strani
...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... | |
 | Horace Smith - 1836 - 330 strani
...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... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1837 - 534 strani
...lies our good Edmund, (6 > 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. (7) Though fraught with all learning, yet straining his throat, To persuade Tommy Townshend (8) to... | |
 | 1837 - 1068 strani
...intolerance, without being reminded of the sentiment originally applied to an English statesman : He narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind. But we would by no means intimate that all those geologists whose views respecting the deluge coincide... | |
 | Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1837 - 650 strani
...Sir Walter Scott. Of no man could it be more truly said, that " Born for the universe, he narrowed his mind, And to party gave up, what was meant for mankind." When he made his eagle spring from obscurity to the full blaze of the public eye, what a glorious field... | |
 | Jeremiah Whitaker Newman - 1838 - 404 strani
...Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, I 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. Who too deep for his hearers, still went on refining, And thought of convincing while they thought... | |
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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 
