| James Boswell - 1835 - 378 páginas
...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,... | |
| Englishmen - 1836 - 260 páginas
...humorously sketched the weaker parts of Burke's character in the following sportive epitaph : — " 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 ; Tho' fraught with all learning,... | |
| 1881 - 274 páginas
...trading patriots, he abused his glorious powers to the scramblings and squabblings of the day, and, " Born for the universe, narrowed his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind. " And now, gentlemen, you will allow me to discuss, in conclusion, this institution, which is dedicated... | |
| Merriam-Webster, Inc - 1984 - 950 páginas
...in England) <he who draws his pen for one party must expect to make enemies of the other — Dryden) <who, born for the universe, narrowed his mind, and to party gave up what was meant for mankind — Goldsmith) Bloc implies a combination of persons or groups who otherwise differ in party or in... | |
| James Chandler - 1984 - 338 páginas
...his friend Burke, of whom Goldsmith said, with such truth, long ago 'that born for the universe, "he narrowed his mind" And to party gave up what was meant for mankind.' " The comment has led Leslie Chard II, who considers the question of Wordsworth's conversion to Burke... | |
| Robert Tarbell Oliver - 1986 - 332 páginas
...patriotism, and he cited as applying to all of them the disparagement Goldsmith applied to Burke— Who, born for the universe narrowed his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind. 19 Mistakes in tactics there may have been, even serious mistakes. And the prosecutors may, indeed,... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1994 - 518 páginas
...EVEN IN HIM, THE . . . IDEAS. In "Retaliation: A Poem" (11. 29-32) Oliver Goldsmith says of Burke, "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" (The Collected Works of Oliver... | |
| Detmar Doering - 1990 - 330 páginas
...Puristen des Augustan Age sah, schrieb 1774 dieses scherzhafte Epitaph über seinen freund Edmund Burke: "Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such,...his mind, and to party gave up what was meant for mankind."1 Goldsmith drückte damit aus, was die meisten Augustans dachten, wenngleich doch nur selten... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1993 - 412 páginas
...imparted a distinctiveness to his views on specific questions. Was Goldsmith right to say that he was one whose genius was such, We scarcely can praise it,...mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind 18 or is there something besides to be said? There is much that is obviously plausible in Goldsmith's... | |
| Otfried Schütz - 1993 - 512 páginas
...Puristen des Augustan Age sah, schrieb 1774 dieses scherzhafte Epitaph über seinen freund Edmund Burke: "Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such,...it too much; Who, born for the universe, narrowed bis mind, and to party gave up what was meant for mankind."1 Goldsmith drückte damit aus, was die... | |
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