 | Samuel Johnson, James Boswell - 1825 - 370 pàgines
...intellectual feast, regret that he should be characterised as the man, " Who born for the universe narrowed 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, nay... | |
 | James Boswell - 1826 - 440 pàgines
...loss of such an 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,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1826 - 526 pàgines
...inequalities 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... | |
 | James Boswell - 1826 - 444 pàgines
...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... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1826 - 532 pàgines
...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... | |
 | 1827 - 576 pàgines
...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...learning, yet straining his throat, To persuade Tommy Townsend to give him a vote." ' One thing remarkable on this occasion is, that Mr. Canning renounced... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart [prose, collected]) - 1827 - 564 pàgines
...inequalities 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,"... | |
 | Edmund Henry Barker - 1829 - 798 pàgines
...loss of such an 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 Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 436 pàgines
...genius was such, We scarcely con praise it or blame it too much ; Who, born for the universe, narrowed his mind. And to party gave up what was meant for...learning, yet straining his throat To persuade Tommy Townshcnd to lend him a vote ; Who, too deep for his hearers, still went on refining, And thought of... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1829 - 344 pàgines
...inequalities 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 " MacFlecknoe," the " Absalom," and the " Hind and Panther,"... | |
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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, narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind. 
