 | Robert Bisset - 1800 - 490 pages
...whose genius was such, \Ve 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... | |
 | History - 1801 - 554 pages
...curfedly cunning to hide 'em. Here lies our good Edmund, whole genius was fuch. We fcarcely can pralle it, or blame it too much ; Who, born for the Univerfe,...And to party gave up, what was meant for mankind. Tho' fraught with all learning, yet (training his throat, To perfuade (m) Tommy Townfend to lend him... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1802 - 130 pages
...and it can't be denied 'em, That fly-boots was curfedly cunning to hide 'em. Here lies our good (4) Edmund, whofe genius was fuch, We fcarcely can praife...or blame it too much ; Who, born for the univerfe, narrosv'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind. Tho' fraught with all learning,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1803 - 192 pages
...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. * Vide page 73. f Ibid. Though fraught with all learning, yet straining his throat, To persuade Tommy... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1805 - 264 pages
...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 persuadeTommyTownshendi to lend him a vote ; Who, too deep for his hearers,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 pages
...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, yet straining his throat To persuade Tommy Townshend * tolendhimavote;... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1807 - 238 pages
...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 ?" Talking of the origin of language, Johnson said, "It must.have come bv inspiration. A thousand,... | |
 | John Britton - Caricature - 1807 - 252 pages
...all, and became a cobler at last. Goldsmith records of Burke, that '< Though born for the universe, he narrow'd his mind, And to Party gave up what was meant for mankind." But here, the case was reversed, as Our political fop Cave up to mankind what was meant for the shop.... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1807 - 514 pages
...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." My revered friend walked down with me to the beach, where we embraced and parted with tenderness, and... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1809 - 102 pages
...declar'd, and it can't be deny'd em, That fly-boots was curfedly cunning to hide 'em. Here lies our good Edmund || , whofe genius was fuch, We fcarcely can...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... | |
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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. 
