 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.  The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Pagina 348door James Boswell - 1922Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Monthly literary register - 1839 - 744 pagina’s
...wrong their country, by following the example of the statesman, AVho, born for the universe, narrowed his mind. And to party gave up what was meant for mankind. All parties have their several merits and defects, which in case of a wise coalition might be harmonised... | |
 | 1919 - 478 pagina’s
...McKinley. Each one, under this spoils system, as Goldsmith wrote of an English statesman, "Narrowed his mind, and to party gave up What was meant for mankind." In the beginning the State Librarian was more of a custodian, and not a very good one at that, evidently,... | |
 | 1881 - 274 pagina’s
...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 pagina’s
...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 pagina’s
...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 pagina’s
..."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" (The Collected Works of Oliver Goldsmith, 5 vols., ed. Arthur Friedman [Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1993 - 412 pagina’s
...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 to be said? There is much that is obviously plausible in Goldsmith's... | |
 | G. S. Rousseau - 1995 - 420 pagina’s
...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, kept straining his throat To persuade Tommy Townsend to lend him... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 2000 - 540 pagina’s
...Goldsmith's description of him as the man, of all his generation, "Who, born for the universe, narrowed his mind, / And to party gave up what was meant for mankind." But party, as Burke understood it, was a broader and more generous principle of association than such... | |
 | W. H. Auden - 2004 - 604 pagina’s
...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... | |
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