 | Thomas F. Walker - English poetry - 1830 - 256 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|| to lend him... | |
 | Satire, English - 1831 - 790 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 persuade tTommy Townshend to lend him a vote ; Who, too deep for his hearers,... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1831 - 604 pages
...such an intellectual feast, regret that he should aracterised as the man, " Who born for the universe narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind 1 ? " r revered friend walked down with me to the i, where we embraced and parted with tenderand engaged... | |
 | Theology - 1831 - 426 pages
...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... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1831 - 600 pages
...an intellectual feast, regret that he should be characterised as the man, " Who bom 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,... | |
 | Walter Scott - English literature - 1834 - 516 pages
...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 - 378 pages
...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 - 604 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 mankind1?" My revered friend walked down with me to the beach, where we embraced and parted with tenderness,... | |
 | 1835 - 40 pages
...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... | |
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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. 
