 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.  1785-1824 - Page 290edited by - 1910Full view - About this book
 | Englishmen - 1837 - 530 pages
...sketched the weaker j>;nu of Uurke's character in the following sportive epitaph : — " Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, We scarcely can...mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind ; Tho' fraught with all learning, kept straining his throat, To persuade Tommy Townshcnd to lend him... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1838 - 544 pages
...declared, and it can't be denied 'em, That sly-boots was cursedly cunning to hide 'em. Here lies our he same manner a crowd gathers round a dog suspected...madness, and they begin by teasing the devoted animal on narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind. Though fraught with all learning,... | |
 | 1881 - 274 pages
...glorious powers to the scramblings and squabblings of the day, and, " Born for the universe, narrowed his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind. " And now, gentlemen, you will allow me to discuss, in conclusion, this institution, which is dedicated... | |
 | James Chandler - 1984 - 338 pages
...Burke, of whom Goldsmith said, with such truth, long ago 'that born for the universe, "he narrowed his mind" And to party gave up what was meant for mankind.' " The comment has led Leslie Chard II, who considers the question of Wordsworth's conversion to Burke... | |
 | Robert Tarbell Oliver - 1986 - 332 pages
...to all of them the disparagement Goldsmith applied to Burke— Who, born for the universe narrowed his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind. 19 Mistakes in tactics there may have been, even serious mistakes. And the prosecutors may, indeed,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1994 - 518 pages
...THE . . . IDEAS. In "Retaliation: A Poem" (11. 29-32) Oliver Goldsmith says of Burke, "Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, / We scarcely...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 Collected Works of Oliver... | |
 | Detmar Doering - 1990 - 330 pages
...Augustan Age sah, schrieb 1774 dieses scherzhafte Epitaph über seinen freund Edmund Burke: "Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, We scarcely can...or blame it too much; Who, born for the universe, narrowed his mind, and to party gave up what was meant for mankind."1 Goldsmith drückte damit aus,... | |
 | Otfried Schütz - 1993 - 512 pages
...Augustan Age sah, schrieb 1774 dieses scherzhafte Epitaph über seinen freund Edmund Burke: "Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, We scarcely can...or blame it too much; Who, born for the universe, narrowed bis mind, and to party gave up what was meant for mankind."1 Goldsmith drückte damit aus,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1993 - 412 pages
...imparted a distinctiveness to his views on specific questions. Was Goldsmith right to say that he was one 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 18 or is there something besides... | |
 | G. S. Rousseau - 1995 - 420 pages
...on the celebrated orator, Mr. Burke: 'Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, We scarely 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,... | |
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