| 1825 - 806 páginas
...Walter Scott's character as a Man. " If there were a writer, who, ' bom for the universe'— ' Narrowed his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind—' who, from the height of his genius look• Perhaps the finest scene in all thew novel., il that where... | |
| John Selden - 1818 - 678 páginas
...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 by inspiration. A thousand,... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1818 - 274 páginas
...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. Though fraught with all learning, yet straining his throat To persuade Tommy Townshend 1 to lend him... | |
| John Dryden - 1821 - 570 páginas
...under an 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 " Mac-Flecknoe,"the "Absalom," and the " Hind and Panther,"... | |
| John Aikin - 1821 - 314 páginas
...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; * David Garrick, Esq. f Counsellor John Ridge, a gentleman belonging to the Irish bar. $ Sir Joshua... | |
| James Boswell - 1821 - 376 páginas
...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... | |
| Joseph Stevens Buckminster - 1821 - 448 páginas
...and support myself by the authority of Goldsmith, who ventured early to lament that • be narrowed his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind. But the awful history of eur own times has persuaded me to forbear; for of Burke, at least, posterity... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1821 - 236 páginas
...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. Though fraught with all learning, yet straining his throat, To persuade §Tommy Townshend to lend him... | |
| British poets - 1822 - 296 páginas
...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 : [throat, Though fraught with all learning, yet straining his To persuade Tommy Townshend " to lend... | |
| James Boswell - 1822 - 514 páginas
...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,... | |
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