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...denied 'era. That sly-boots was cursedly cunning to h-uif 'em. Here lies our good Edmund, whose g< uius was such, We scarcely can praise it, or blame it too much ; Who, born for the universe, nam)*-'d his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind : Though fraught with all learning,...

...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,...

...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,...

...stood in the couplet where Mr. Townshend is now introduced : " Though fraught with all learning kept straining his throat, " To persuade Tommy Townshend to lend' him a vote." It may be worth remarking among the minutiae of my collection, that Johnson was once drawn to serve...

...character, and points out, with almost phrenological precision, both its excellencies and defects : Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such,...learning, yet straining his throat To persuade Tommy Townsend to lend him a vote — Who, too deep for his hearers, still went on refining, And thought...

...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,...

...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,...

...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,...

...modern times, without a rival or a second. 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 ?...