...lost to the country. His epitaph was written long before his death : — Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, We scarcely can praise it,...born for the universe, • narrow'd his mind. And to рапу g.ive up what wag meant for mankind. That is the natural effect of the boiough system, I contend,...

...our good Edmund, whose geniag was such, We scarcely can praise it or hlame it too much ; Who, boru for the universe, narrow'd his mind. And to party gave up what was meaut for mankind ; Tho' fraught with all learning, kept straining his throat, To persuade Tommy Townshend...

...reflect on the 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 np what was meant for mankind1.'" My revered friend walked down with me to the beach, where we embraced...

...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...

...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...

...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,...

...IDEAS. In "Retaliation: A Poem" (11. 29-32) Oliver Goldsmith says of Burke, "Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, / We scarcely can praise it,.../ 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...

...schrieb 1774 dieses scherzhafte Epitaph über seinen freund Edmund Burke: "Here lies our good Edmund, whose 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."1 Goldsmith drückte damit aus,...

...imparted a distinctiveness to his views on specific questions. Was Goldsmith right to say that he was one whose 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...

...schrieb 1774 dieses scherzhafte Epitaph über seinen freund Edmund Burke: "Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, We scarcely can praise it or blame it too much; Who, born for the universe, narrowed bis mind, and to party gave up what was meant for mankind."1 Goldsmith drückte damit aus,...