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. The Poetical Works - Seite 61von Oliver Goldsmith - 1836 - 118 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| John Dryden - 1821 - 570 Seiten
...verses and inequalities 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,"... | |
| Joseph Stevens Buckminster - 1821 - 448 Seiten
...and support myself by the authority of Goldsmith, who ventured early to lament that • be narrowed his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind. But the awful history of eur own times has persuaded me to forbear; for of Burke, at least, posterity... | |
| British poets - 1822 - 296 Seiten
...<'.'urric;k. " Counsellor John Ridge, a gentleman belonging to the Irish bar. Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, We scarcely can praise it,...mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind : [throat, Though fraught with all learning, yet straining his To persuade Tommy Townshend " to lend... | |
| James Boswell - 1822 - 514 Seiten
...reflect on the loss of such an 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,... | |
| James Boswell - 1822 - 508 Seiten
...reflect on the loss of such an 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,... | |
| Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - 1822 - 428 Seiten
...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,... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1822 - 194 Seiten
...narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind : i ' .in eminent attorney. Tho' fraught with all 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 convincing,... | |
| 1823 - 848 Seiten
...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...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 convincing... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 Seiten
...it can't be denied 'em, That sly-boots was cursedly cunning to hide 'em. Here lies our good Edmund, in's to lend him a vote ; Who, too deep for his hearers, still went on refining, And thought of convincing,... | |
| Sir James Prior - 1824 - 618 Seiten
...difficult to comprise more wit and truth in the same number of lines.— Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, We scarcely can praise it,...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 convincing,... | |
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