 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1820 - 488 pągines
...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...all learning, yet straining his throat To persuade f Tommy Townshend to lend him a vote; Who, too deep for his hearers, still went on refining, And thought... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1821 - 236 pągines
...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...thought of convincing, while they thought of dining ; * An eminent attorney. t Vide page 68. t Vide page 68. $ Mr. T. Townshend, member for, Whitcuurch.... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1821 - 444 pągines
...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...To persuade** Tommy Townshend to lend him a vote; * David Garrick, Esq. Who, tooideep for his hearers, still went on refining, And thought of convincing,... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 314 pągines
...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; * David Garrick, Esq. f Counsellor John Ridge, a gentleman belonging to the Irish bar. $ Sir Joshua... | |
 | Joseph Stevens Buckminster - 1821 - 448 pągines
...and support myself by the authority of Goldsmith, who ventured early to lament that • be narrowed his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind. But the awful history of eur own times has persuaded me to forbear; for of Burke, at least, posterity... | |
 | John Dryden - 1821 - 570 pągines
...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,"... | |
 | 1831 - 592 pągines
...world. He is the advocate of human liberty. It cannot be said of him, as of Burke, that he narrowed his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind. No; what was meant for mankind, he has given to mankind. We have adverted to his exertions in behalf... | |
 | James Boswell - 1821 - 378 pągines
...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 mimttice of my collection, that Johnson was once drawn to serve... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith, Richard Westall - 1822 - 194 pągines
...narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind : i ' .in eminent attorney. Tho' fraught with all learning, yet straining his throat...for all things unfit ; Too nice for a statesman, too proud for a wit; For a patriot too cool ; for a drudge disobedient ; And too fond of the right to pursue... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 296 pągines
...straining his To persuade Tommy Townshend " to lend him a vote; Who.too deep for his hearers,still wenton refining, And thought of convincing, while they thought...for all things unfit; Too nice for a statesman, too proud for a wit; For a patriot too cool; for a drudge disobedient; And too fond of the right to pursue... | |
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Though fraught with all learning, yet straining his throat To persuade Tommy Townshend to lend him a vote; Who, too deep for his hearers, still went on refining, And thought of convincing, while they thought of dining... 
