 | David Phineas Adams, William Emerson, Samuel Cooper Thacher - 1809 - 446 pages
...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 lo forbear; for of Burke, at least, posterity... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1809 - 102 pages
...genius was fuch, We fcarcely can praife it, or blame it too much ; Who, born for the univerfe, narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind. Tho' fraught with all learning, yet ftraining his throat, To perfuade Tommy Townfhendtf to lend him... | |
 | John Sabine - Elocution - 1810 - 308 pages
...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...learning, yet straining his throat, To persuade Tommy Townsend to lend him a vote; . .... .'-. Who, \ Who, too deep for his hearers, still went on refining,... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Britannica - 1810 - 820 pages
...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,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 648 pages
...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: [his throat Though fraught with all learning, yet straining To persuade Tommy Townsbend" to lend ban... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1812 - 470 pages
...genius wa* 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...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 - Ethics - 1812 - 466 pages
...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... | |
 | Thomas Amyot - 1812 - 216 pages
...friend and patron Mr. Burke, as Goldsmith whimsically described him, " Too deep for his hearers, he went on refining, " And thought of convincing, while they thought of dining." The harshness with which many members, against their better judgment, were too frequently disposed... | |
 | William Windham, Thomas Amyot - Great Britain - 1812 - 454 pages
...friend and patron Mr. Burke, as Goldsmith whimsically described him, " Too deep for kis hearers, he went on refining, " And thought of convincing, while they thought of dining."' The harshness with which many members, against their better judgment, were too frequently disposed... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1813 - 124 pages
...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...vote; Who, too deep for his hearers, still went on rer fining, And thought of convincing, while they thought «f (lining ; * Tide pij?e 89. , f Vide pige... | |
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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. 
