 | James Boswell - 1835 - 378 pages
...but not so satisfactory.— FONNEHEAU,] (?.) Mr. Burke. — C. " Who, born for the universe, narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind? " (1) My revered friend walked down with me to the beach, where we embraced and parted with tenderness,... | |
 | Horace Smith - 1836 - 330 pages
...sociable beings, and useful members of society. Goldsmith very properly condemns the man of talent, " who narrowed his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind." " If the division of the male community into grades and classes be a confessed evil, what shall we... | |
 | Horace Smith - 1836 - 426 pages
...sociable beings, and useful members of society. Goldsmith very properly condemns the man of talent, " who narrowed his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind." and ' whom God hath joined together let no man put asunder.' The beneficial, the civilizing influences,... | |
 | Horace Smith - 1836 - 224 pages
...sociable beings, and useful members of society. Goldsmith very properly condemns the man of talent, " who narrowed his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind." " If the division of the male community into grades and classes be a confessed evil, what shall we... | |
 | Englishmen - 1836 - 260 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, kept straining his throat, To persuade Tommy Townshend to lend him... | |
 | Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1837 - 650 pages
...the name of Sir Walter Scott. Of no man could it be more truly said, that " Born for the universe, he narrowed his mind, And to party gave up, what was meant for mankind." When he made his eagle spring from obscurity to the full blaze of the public eye, what a glorious field... | |
 | 1837 - 1068 pages
...intolerance, without being reminded of the sentiment originally applied to an English statesman : He narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind. But we would by no means intimate that all those geologists whose views respecting the deluge coincide... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1837 - 534 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. (7) Though fraught with all learning, yet straining his throat, To persuade Tommy Townshend (8) to... | |
 | Jeremiah Whitaker Newman - 1838 - 404 pages
...genius was such, I 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. Who too deep for his hearers, still went on refining, And thought of convincing while they thought... | |
 | Monthly literary register - 1839 - 744 pages
...party. They wrong themselves, they wrong their country, by following the example of the statesman, Who, born for the universe, narrowed his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind. AM parties have their several merits and defects, which in case of a vrise coalition might be harmonised... | |
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Who, born for the universe, narrowed his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind. 
