 | British poets - 1822
...David Garrick. " Counsellor John Ridge, a gentleman belonging to the Irish bar. 10 Sir Joshua Reynolds. Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such,...or blame it too much; Who, born for the universe, narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind : [throat, Though fraught with all... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - 1822
...denied 'era. That sly-boots was cursedly cunning to h-uif 'em. Here lies our good Edmund, whose g< uius was such, We scarcely can praise it, or blame it too much ; Who, born for the universe, nam)*-'d his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind : Though fraught with all learning,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1822
...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,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1822
...intellect»al 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,... | |
 | 1823
...Wre scarcely can praise it or blame it too much ; Who, born ïbr the universe, narrowed his mind, _ And to party gave up what was meant for mankind. Though...learning, yet straining his throat To persuade Tommy Townshend to lend him a vote ; Who, too deep for his hearers, still went on refining, And thought of... | |
 | Sir James Prior - 1824
...occasion called for, it would be difficult to comprise more wit and truth in the same number of lines.— Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such,...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,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 822 páginas
...Yet some have declar'd, and it can't be denied 'em, That sly-boots was cursedly cunning to hide 'em. my clouds deform'd the welkin's narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind. Though fraught with all learning,... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 131 páginas
...can't be denied em, That sly-boots was cursedly cunning to hide 'em. Here lies our good Edmund, ф 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; * The master of St. James' coffee-house,... | |
 | Charles Butler - 1824
...modern times, without a rival or a second. We remember the verses, in which he is described to be one, " Who, born for the universe, narrowed his mind, " And to party gave up, what was meant for mankind." is some extenuation of them that, in his time, equal' subserviency, and equal adulation, were chargeable... | |
 | Charles Butler - 1824 - 351 páginas
...modern times, without a rival or a second. We remember the verses, in which he is Described to be one, " Who, born for the universe, narrowed his mind, And to party gave up, what was meant for mankind." But, if he had not been the very thing he was, would so many general truths have fallen from him ?... | |
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