 | 1831 - 426 pages
...mingle himself with the political wranglings of the day, that ' Born for the universe, he narrowed his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind.' To the works, to which we have already alluded, we shall have occasion to recur in the course of this... | |
 | Francis Jenks, James Walker, Francis William Pitt Greenwood, William Ware - 1831 - 424 pages
...mingle himself with the political wranglings of the day, that ' Born for the universe, he narrowed his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind.' To the works, to which we have already alluded, we shall have occasion to recur in the course of this... | |
 | 1832 - 616 pages
...our good Edmund, whose geniag was such, We scarcely can praise it or hlame it too much ; Who, boru for the universe, narrow'd his mind. And to party gave up what was meaut for mankind ; Tho' fraught with all learning, kept straining his throat, To persuade Tommy Townshend... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1834 - 516 pages
...verses and inequalities under an assertion that he belonged to the school of Dryden.1 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 " Mac1 ["I learned versification wholly from the... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 604 pages
...exemplification concurs with the vulgar notion, that solidity is matter. — KEAHNKY. a [Mr. Burke.— ED.] mankind1?" My revered friend walked down with me to the beach, where we embraced and parted with tenderness,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 378 pages
...Johnson's argu, ment is in the same style, 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,... | |
 | 1835 - 40 pages
...when properly improved. Though it was satirically said of Burke, " He, born for the universe narrowed his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind," yet we think it cannot be properly said of Mr. Canning. His powers were such as could insure success... | |
 | Englishmen - 1836 - 260 pages
...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 ; Tho' fraught with all learning, kept straining his throat, To persuade Tommy Townshend to lend him... | |
 | Horace Smith - 1836 - 326 pages
...beings, and useful members of society. Goldsmith very properly condemns the man of talent, " who narrowed his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind." " If the division of the male community into grades and classes be a confessed evil, what shall we... | |
 | Horace Smith - 1836 - 330 pages
...beings, and useful members of society. Goldsmith very properly condemns the man of talent, " who narrowed his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind." " If the division of the male community into grades and classes be a confessed evil, what shall we... | |
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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. 
