 | William Hazlitt - 1825 - 600 páginas
...genius was sueh, We seareely ean praise it or blame it too mueh ; Who, bom for the universe, narrow'd Townshend to lend him a vote; Who, too deep for his hearers, still went on refining, And thought of... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1825 - 476 páginas
...it can't be denied 'em, That sly-boots was cursedly cunning to hide 'em. Here lies our good Edmund,6 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,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, James Boswell - 1825 - 370 páginas
...reflect on the loss of ' such an intellectual feast, regret that he should be characterised as the man, " Who born for the universe narrowed 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, nay... | |
 | 1825 - 848 páginas
...world with his opinion of Sir Walter Scott's character as a Man. " If there were a writer, who, ' bora for the universe' — • Narrowed his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mukinJ— ' who, from the height of his genius look1825.'] ing abroad into nature, and scanning the... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1825 - 160 páginas
...That sly-boots was cursedly cunning to hide 'em. Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was inch, 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 : (9) Counsellor John Ridge, a gentleman... | |
 | 1825 - 810 páginas
...favours the world with his opinion of Sir Walter Scott's character as a Man. " If there were a writer, who, ' born for the universe" — ' Narrowed his mind. And to party gave up what waB meant for mankind—' who, from the height of his genius look• Perhapi the finest reene in all... | |
 | James Oswald - 1825 - 518 páginas
...reproach, so frequently cast on those who have taken a prominent share in public affairs, that he narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind. From this correspondence it will also be seen, that while Mr Oswald was engaged in the most laborious... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1825 - 426 páginas
...overlook the press. If there were a writer, who " born for the universe" — ... " — — — Narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind — " who, from the height of his genius looking abroad into nature, and scanning the recesses of the... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1825 - 576 páginas
...the moderation u 1 and and liberality of Pope, who had reason to believe, that his friend too much narrowed his mind, ' And to party gave up what was meant for maukind.' He therefore cautious him in the form of confident expectation : ' Resentment, indeed, may... | |
 | James Oswald - 1825 - 538 páginas
...so frequently cast on those who have taken a prominent share in public affairs, that • he narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind. From this correspondence it will also be seen, that while Mr Oswald was engaged in the most laborious... | |
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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, narrowed his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind... 
