 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 sidor
...Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, We scarcely can praise it, or blame it too much ; ne, the poorest can no wants endure ; And which not...sight, Far from a lynx, and not a giant quite : I'll And thought of convincing, while they thought of dining; Though equal to all things, for all things... | |
 | Sir James Prior - 1824 - 618 sidor
...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...too deep for his hearers, still went on refining, And thought of convincing, while they thought of dining ; Though equal to all things, for all things... | |
 | 1824 - 720 sidor
...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 lend him a vote — Who, too deep for his hearers, still went on refining, And thought... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 sidor
...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, where the doctor, and his friends he has characterised in... | |
 | Charles Butler - 1824 - 368 sidor
...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 ?... | |
 | Charles Butler - 1824 - 430 sidor
...\Ve 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." is some extenuation of them that, in his time, equal subserviency, and equal adulation, were chargeable... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1825 - 600 sidor
...lies our good Edmund, whose genius was sueh, We seareely ean praise it or blame it too mueh ; Who, bom , if w And thought of eonvineing, while they thought of dining; Though equal to all things, for all things... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1825 - 476 sidor
...Here lies our good Edmund,6 whose genius was such, We scarcely can praise it, or blame it too much ; Who, born for the universe, narrow'd his mind, And...yet straining his throat To persuade Tommy Townshend 7 to lend him a vote ; 1 David Garrick, Esq. * Counsellor John Ridge, a gentleman belonging to the... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1825 - 426 sidor
...possibly read the manuscript after he has once written it, or overlook the press. If there were a writer, who " born for the universe" — ... " — — —...mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind — " who, from the height of his genius looking abroad into nature, and scanning the recesses of the... | |
 | James Oswald - 1825 - 538 sidor
...reproach, so frequently cast on those who have taken a prominent share in public affairs, that • he narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind. From this correspondence it will also be seen, that while Mr Oswald was engaged in the most laborious... | |
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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. 
