 | 1821 - 800 σελίδες
...impatient of disgrace ; A fiery soul, which, working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay. Great wits are sure to madness near allied, And thin partitions do their bonds divide ; Else why should he, with wealth and ho* nour bless'd, Refuse his age the needful hours... | |
 | 1834 - 580 σελίδες
...hang on the simple thread of a phrenological subdivision ? May Dryden's couplet — " Great wit is sure to madness near allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide" — • be specially applied to Irishmen ? and must we be content to prove a pendant to the truism... | |
 | 1822 - 314 σελίδες
...which, working out, its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay, And o'er-inform'd the tenement of clay. A daring pilot in extremity; Pleased with the danger,...bounds divide ; Else why should he, with wealth and honour bless'd, Refuse his age the needful hours of rest? Punish a body which he could not please;... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 316 σελίδες
...which, working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay, And o'er-iriform'd the tenement of clay. A daring pilot in extremity ; Pleased with the danger,...partitions do their bounds divide ; Else why should he,with wealth and honour bless'd, Refuse his age the needful hours of rest ? Punish a body which he... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - 1824 - 406 σελίδες
...clay. A daring pilot in extremity; [high, Pleased with the danger, when the waves went •VOL. v. B He sought the storms; but, for a calm unfit, Would...bounds divide ; Else why should he, with wealth and honour bless'd, Refuse his age the needful hours of rest ? Punish a body which he could not please... | |
 | 1902 - 742 σελίδες
...taken their opinion from the better known verdict of the laureate: " A. daring pilot in adversity, Pleased with the danger, when the waves went high,...Would steer too nigh the sands, to boast his wit." "My Lords," said Shaftesbury in 1G79, "I never study either to make my court or to be popular. I always... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 σελίδες
...pigmy body to decay, And o'er inform' d the tenement of clay. A daring pilot in extremity ; Pleas'd W G / ; Clw% un6t, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit. Great wits are sure to madness near ally'd,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1825 - 600 σελίδες
...pigmy body to deeay, And o'er inform'd the tenement of elay. A daring pilot in extremity ; Pleas'd ()n daily visits through the air. He hangs in shades the orange ealm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit. Great wits are sure to madness near ally'd,... | |
 | Laconics - 1829 - 390 σελίδες
...he returns home, he buys a seat in Parliament, and studies the constitution. — Mackenzie. CCCCXCVL Great wits are sure to madness near allied, And thin...bounds divide; Else why should he, with wealth and honour bless'd, Refuse his age the needful hours of rest? • Punish a body which he could not please... | |
 | John Timbs - 1829 - 354 σελίδες
...returns home, he buys a seat in Parliament, and studies the constitution. — Mackenzie. CCCCXCVI. Great wits are sure to madness near allied, And thin...bounds divide; Else why should he, with wealth and honour bless'd, Refuse his age the needful hours of rest? Punish a body which he could not please;... | |
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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... 
