Burke. Grocott's Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?

Grocott & Ward, comps. Grocott’s Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?.

Burke


Oft have I wonder’d that on Irish ground No poisonous reptiles ever yet were found: Reveal’d the secret stands of Nature’s work; She saved her venom to create a BURKE. Warren Hastings.—An epigram produced by him when writhing under the agony of a protracted prosecution. (Encycl. Brit. Vol. XI. p. 164; 7th edition.)	1
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. Goldsmith.—Retaliation, Line 29.	2
One large of soul, of genius unconfined, Born to delight, instruct, and mend mankind; Burke! in whose breast a Roman ardour glow’d; Whose copious tone with Grecian richness flow’d; Well hast thou found, if such thy country’s doom, A timely refuge in the sheltering tomb. Canning.—New Morality.	3
He was not for himself design’d, But born to be of use to all mankind. Lucan.—Rowe’s Transl. Book II. Line 592.	4
Born, not for himself, my Lord, but for mankind. Beaumont and F.—The Honest Man’s Fortune, Act IV. Scene 2.	5
Though equal to all things, 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 the expedient. Goldsmith.—Retaliation, Line 37.	6