 | Francis Jenks, James Walker, Francis William Pitt Greenwood, William Ware - 1831 - Страниц: 422
...mingle himself with the political wranglings of the day, that ' Born for the universe, he narrowed his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind.' To the works, to which we have already alluded, we shall have occasion to recur in the course of this... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1834 - Страниц: 516
...an assertion that he belonged to the school of Dryden.1 Churchill — " Who, born for the universe, narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind," * — Churchill was one of the first to seek in the " Mac1 ["I learned versification wholly from the... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - Страниц: 378
...style, but not so satisfactory.— FONNEHEAU,] (?.) Mr. Burke. — C. " Who, born for the universe, narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind? " (1) My revered friend walked down with me to the beach, where we embraced and parted with tenderness,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - Страниц: 604
...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 mankind1?" My revered friend walked down with me to the beach, where we embraced and parted with tenderness,... | |
 | 1835 - Страниц: 40
...when properly improved. Though it was satirically said of Burke, " He, born for the universe narrowed his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind," yet we think it cannot be properly said of Mr. Canning. His powers were such as could insure success... | |
 | Englishmen - 1836 - Страниц: 260
...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 a vote ; Who, too deep for his hearers,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1836 - Страниц: 150
...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 persuade Tommy Townshend J to lend... | |
 | Horace Smith - 1836 - Страниц: 326
...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 - Страниц: 330
...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... | |
 | Englishmen - 1837 - Страниц: 530
...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 Townshcnd to lend him a vote ; Who, too deep for his hearers,... | |
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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. 
