 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.  The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith - Stran 61avtor: Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 118 straniCelotni ogled - O knjigi
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 648 strani
...it can't be denied 'em, Vim! sly -boots was cursedly cunning to hide 'em. Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, We scarcely can praise it,...mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind: [his throat Though fraught with all learning, yet straining To persuade Tommy Townsbend" to lend ban... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Britannica - 1810 - 820 strani
...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 Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - 1810 - 874 strani
...applying to him the lines of Goldsmith, with which we close our observations. A man whose genius is such We scarcely can praise it or blame it too much ; Who, born for the universe, narrows his mind, And to party gives up what was meant for mankind, ARTICLE 1 !. flints on the National... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1812 - 470 strani
...'em, That sly-boots was cursedly cunning to hide 'em. Here lies our good * Edmund, whose genius wa* such, We scarcely can praise it, or blame it too much...fraught with all learning, yet straining his throat, Topersuadef Tommy Townshend tolendhimavote; Who, too deep for his hearers, still went on refining,... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1812 - 466 strani
...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... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1813 - 124 strani
...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,...learning, yet straining his throat, To persuade £Tommy Townshend to lend him a vote; Who, too deep for his hearers, still went on rer fining, And thought... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1872 - 480 strani
...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 - 1815 - 446 strani
...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 strani
...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 - 1816 - 240 strani
...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 :... | |
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