 | Walter Scott - 1829 - 344 pages
...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 " MacFlecknoe," the " Absalom," and the " Hind and Panther,"... | |
 | Edmund Henry Barker - 1829 - 804 pages
...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 ? ' " Dr. Johnson seems to have been imperfectly acquainted with Berkeley's doctrine," says the annotator... | |
 | Thomas F. Walker - 1830 - 256 pages
...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, yet straining his throat, To persuade Tommy Townshend|| to lend him... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1830 - 544 pages
...genius wa such, We scarcely can praise it, or blame it too much; Who, born for the universe, narrow'd N N Z \ Though fraught with all learning, yet straining his throat To persuade Tommy Townshendt to lend him... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 602 pages
..." Who born for the universe nanow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind1 .-" My revered friend walked down with me to the beach, where we embraced and parted with tenderness, and engaged to correspond by letters. I said, " I hope, sir, you will not forget me in... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 600 pages
...man, " Who bom for the universe narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind1 ?" My revered friend walked down with me to the beach, where we embraced and parted with tenderness, and engaged to correspond by letters. I said, " I hope, sir, you will not forget me in... | |
 | Francis Jenks, James Walker, Francis William Pitt Greenwood, William Ware - 1831 - 422 pages
...consented to 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... | |
 | 1831 - 426 pages
...consented to 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... | |
 | 1831 - 790 pages
...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, yet straining his throat, To persuade tTommy Townshend to lend him... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 604 pages
...intellectual feast, regret that he should aracterised as the man, " Who born for the universe narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind 1 ? " r revered friend walked down with me to the i, where we embraced and parted with tenderand engaged... | |
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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, narrowed his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind. 
