...was such, We scarcely can praise it, or blame it too much;- H Who, born for the universe, narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind : Though fraught with all learning, yet straining his r-» throat, , To persuade Tommy Townshend '...

...Sir Walter Scott's character as a Man. " If there were a writer, who, ' bom for the universe'— ' Narrowed his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind—' who, from the height of his genius look• Perhaps the finest scene in all thew novel., il that where...

...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 : ii An eminent attorney. Tho' fraught with all learning, yet straining his throat, To persuade Tommy...

...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. Though fraught with all learning, yet straining his throat To persuade Tommy Townshend 1 to lend him...

...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 ?" Talking of the origin of language, Johnson said, " It must have come by inspiration. A thousand,...

...of Burke, 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 will never cease to say,...

...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. Though fraught with all learning, yet straining his throat, To persuade §Tommy Townshend to lend him...

...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,"...

...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, and...

...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...