 | James Boswell - 1822 - 514 pages
...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,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...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 pages
...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,... | |
 | Phrenology - 1824 - 720 pages
...character, and points out, with almost phrenological precision, both its excellencies and defects : Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such,...or blame it too much ; Who, born for the universe, narrowed his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind. Though fraught with all learning,... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...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 - Law - 1824 - 430 pages
...\Ve 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 - Authors, English - 1824 - 368 pages
...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 ?... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English literature - 1825 - 476 pages
...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,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1825 - 160 pages
...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... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English literature - 1825 - 426 pages
...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... | |
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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, narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind. 
