 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1803 - 192 стор.
...it can't be deny'd 'em, That sly-boots was cursedly cunning to hide "em. Here lies our good Edmund,f 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. * Vide page 73. f Ibid. Though... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1805 - 264 стор.
...Yet some have declar'd, and it can't be denied 'em, That sly-boots was cursedly cunning to hide 'em. Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such,...fraught with all learning, yet straining his throat To persuadeTommyTownshendi to lend him a vote ; Who, too deep for his hearers, still went on refining,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 стор.
...Yet some have declar'd, and it can't be deny'd *em, That sly boots was cursedly cunning to hide 'em. Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such,...And to party gave up what -was meant for mankind. Tho* fraught with all learning, yet straining his throat To persuade Tommy Townshend * tolendhimavote;... | |
 | James Boswell - 1807 - 514 стор.
...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, and... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1807 - 238 стор.
...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 ?" Talking of the origin of language, Johnson said, "It must.have come bv inspiration. A thousand,... | |
 | John Britton - 1807 - 252 стор.
...all, and became a cobler at last. Goldsmith records of Burke, that '< Though born for the universe, he narrow'd his mind, And to Party gave up what was meant for mankind." But here, the case was reversed, as Our political fop Cave up to mankind what was meant for the shop.... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1809 - 322 стор.
...attorney. i* Vide page 53. ("a) Since this note was written o£ " Galvaw, or the death of Christ." Mere lies our good Edmund,* whose genius was such, We scarcely can praise it, or blame it too much ; Who, bom for the universe, narrow'd his mindi And to party gave up what was meant for mankind. Though fraught... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1809 - 102 стор.
...whofe genius was fuch, We fcarcely can praife it, or blame it too much ; Who, born for the univerfe, narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind. Tho' fraught with all learning, yet ftraining his throat, To perfuade Tommy Townfhendtf to lend him... | |
 | David Phineas Adams, William Emerson, Samuel Cooper Thacher - 1809 - 446 стор.
...and support myself by the authority of Goldsmith, who ventured early to lament that • he narrowed his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind. But the awful history of our own times has persuaded me lo forbear; for of Burke, at least, posterity... | |
 | John Sabine - 1810 - 308 стор.
...applause transgress not virtue's rules : A witty sinner is the worst of fools. On Mr. Edmund Burke. Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such,...learning, yet straining his throat, To persuade Tommy Townsend to lend him a vote; . .... .'-. Who, \ Who, too deep for his hearers, still went on refining,... | |
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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. 
