| Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1816 - 240 pages
...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 : Though fraught with all learning, yet straining his r-» throat, , To persuade Tommy Townshend ' to lend him a vote 5 Who, too deep for his... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1818 - 294 pages
...§ An emiment attorney. |i Vide page iai. IT Ihid. \Vho, born for the universe, narrow'd his miiHl, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind ; Though fraught with all learning, yet straining his throat To persuade Tommy Townshend * to lend him a vote ; Who, too deep for his hearers,... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - Book ornamentation - 1817 - 192 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 : ii An eminent attorney. Tho' fraught with all learning, yet straining his throat, To persuade Tommy... | |
| England - 1825 - 806 pages
...Walter Scott's character as a Man. " If there were a writer, who, ' bom for the universe'— ' Narrowed his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind—' who, from the height of his genius look• Perhaps the finest scene in all thew novel., il that where... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1818 - 274 pages
...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, yet straining his throat To persuade Tommy Townshend 1 to lend him a vote; Who, too deep for his hearers,... | |
| John Selden - Religion and state - 1818 - 678 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 by inspiration. A thousand,... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1819 - 120 pages
...can praise it, or blame it, too much; \Vho, born tor the universe, narrow'd his mind, Arrl to puny gave up what was meant for mankind ; Though fraught with all learning, yet straining his throat To persuade Tom,my Townsendf to jend him a vote : -,. Wiio, too deep for his hearers,... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1821 - 236 pages
...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, yet straining his throat, To persuade §Tommy Townshend to lend him a vote ; Who, too deep for his hearers,... | |
| John Dryden - 1821 - 570 pages
...under an assertion that he belonged to the school of Dryden. 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 " Mac-Flecknoe,"the "Absalom," and the " Hind and Panther,"... | |
| John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 314 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; * David Garrick, Esq. f Counsellor John Ridge, a gentleman belonging to the Irish bar. $ Sir Joshua... | |
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