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... Famous Men of Modern Times - Seite 205von Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 315 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| British poets - 1822 - 290 Seiten
...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 - 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,... | |
| James Boswell - 1822 - 508 Seiten
...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 - 514 Seiten
...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 - 506 Seiten
...stood in the couplet where Mr. Townshend is now introduced : " Though fraught with all learning kept straining his throat, " To persuade Tommy Townshend to lend' him a vote." It may be worth remarking among the minutiae of my collection, that Johnson was once drawn to serve... | |
| 1824 - 720 Seiten
...character, and points out, with almost phrenological precision, both its excellencies and defects : Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such,...learning, yet straining his throat To persuade Tommy Townsend to lend him a vote — Who, too deep for his hearers, still went on refining, And thought... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 Seiten
...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,... | |
| Sir James Prior - 1824 - 618 Seiten
...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,... | |
| John Milton - 1824 - 510 Seiten
...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 - 476 Seiten
...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... | |
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