 A daring pilot in extremity, Pleased with the danger, when the waves went high, He sought the storms ; but, for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit. Great wits are sure to madness near allied And thin partitions do their bounds...  A Manual of English Literature... - Σελίδα 415των Thomas Arnold - 1876 - 547 σελίδεςΠλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | John Bell - 1777 - 644 σελίδες
...pilot in extremity; 139 Pleas'd with the danger, when the waves went high He sought the storm; hut, for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit. Great wits arc sure to rrradness near ally'd, And thin partitions do their bounds divide ; Else why should he,... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 606 σελίδες
...funeral, he at the same 9 CHARACTERISTICS, vol. ip 156. vol. hi. p. 189, n. Edinb. 1amo. 1758. 1 " Great wits are sure to madness near allied, " And...bounds divide : " Else, why should he, with wealth and honour blest, " Deprive his age the needful hours of rest ; " Punish a body which he could not please,... | |
 | John Dryden, Edmond Malone - 1800 - 601 σελίδες
...he at the same 9 CHARACTERISTICKS, vol. ip 156. vol. iii. p. 189,; n. Edinb. 121110. 1758. "» 1 " Great wits are sure to madness near allied, " And...bounds divide : " Else, why should he, with wealth and honour blest, " Deprive his age the needful hours of rest ; " Punish a body which he could not please,... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 622 σελίδες
...same * CHA.RACTERISTICKS, vol. ip 156. vol. iii. p. 189, n. Edinb. 12 mo. 1758. 1 " Great wits arc sure to madness near allied, " And thin partitions...divide : • " Else, why should he, with wealth and honour blest, " Deprive his age the needful hours of rest ; " Punish a body which he could not please,... | |
 | 1801 - 416 σελίδες
...daring pilot in extremity; r& Pleas'd with the danger, when the waves went high Hejsought the storm ; but, for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands...boast his wit. Great wits are sure to madness near ally'd, And thin partitions do their bounds divide; Else why should he, with wealth and honour bless'd,... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1806 - 498 σελίδες
...pigmy-body to decay ; And o'er-inform'd the tenement of clay. A daring pilot in extremity ; Pleas'd with the danger, when the waves went high; He sought...Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit." Absalom and Achitophel.] 4 [Bishop Burnet represents him as addicted to judicial astrology: but Mr.... | |
 | John Dryden - 1808 - 382 σελίδες
...pigmy body to decay, And o'er-infornTd tbe tenement of clay. A daring pilot in extremity; Pleas'd witli the danger, when the waves went high He sought the...calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast bis wit. Great wits are sure to madness near allied, And thin partitions do their hounds divide ; Else... | |
 | John Dryden - 1808 - 482 σελίδες
...working out its way, "^ Fretted the pigmy-body to decay, > And o'er-informed the tenement of clay ; } A daring pilot in extremity ; Pleased with the danger,...bounds divide ; Else, why should he, with wealth and honour blest, Refuse his age the needful hours of rest ? Punish a body which he could not please ;... | |
 | John Dryden - 1808 - 476 σελίδες
...working out its way, "1 Fretted the pigmy-body to decay, / And o'er-informed the tenement of clay ; -) A daring pilot in extremity ; (Pleased with the danger,...bounds divide ; Else, why should he, with wealth and honour blest, Refuse his age the needful hours of rest ? Punish a body which he could not please ;... | |
 | John Dryden, Thomas Park - 1808 - 374 σελίδες
...pigmy body to decay, > And o'er-inform'd the tenement of clay. J A daring pilot in extremity ; Pleas'd with the danger, when the waves went high He sought...bounds divide ; Else why should he, with wealth and honour hless'il, Refuse his age the needful hours of rest? Punish a body which he could not please... | |
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