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
| John Milton - 1824 - 510 strani
...can't be denied em, That sly-boots was cursedly cunning to hide 'em. Here lies our good Edmund, ф whose genius •was such, We scarcely can praise it,...mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind; * The master of St. James' coffee-house, where the doctor, and his friends he has characterised in... | |
| 1824 - 720 strani
...with almost phrenological precision, both its excellencies and defects : Here lies our good Edmund, whose 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,... | |
| 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 - 368 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 ?... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1825 - 476 strani
...it can't be denied 'em, That sly-boots was cursedly cunning to hide 'em. Here lies our good Edmund,6 whose genius was such, We scarcely can praise it,...learning, yet straining his throat To persuade Tommy Townshend 7 to lend him a vote ; 1 David Garrick, Esq. * Counsellor John Ridge, a gentleman belonging... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1825 - 600 strani
...lies our good Edmund, whose genius was sueh, We seareely ean praise it or blame it too mueh ; Who, bom for the universe, narrow'd his mind, And to party...learning, yet straining his throat, To persuade Tommy Townshend to lend him a vote; Who, too deep for his hearers, still went on refining, And thought of... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1825 - 160 strani
...That sly-boots was cursedly cunning to hide 'em. Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was inch, We scarcely can praise it, or blame it too much ;...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)... | |
| 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" — ... " — — —...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... | |
| James Oswald - 1825 - 518 strani
...the reproach, so frequently cast on those who have taken a prominent share in public affairs, that he narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind. From this correspondence it will also be seen, that while Mr Oswald was engaged in the most laborious... | |
| James Oswald - 1825 - 538 strani
...reproach, so frequently cast on those who have taken a prominent share in public affairs, that • he narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind. From this correspondence it will also be seen, that while Mr Oswald was engaged in the most laborious... | |
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