And o'er-informed the tenement of clay. 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... Elegant Extracts - Página 282editado por - 1809Visualização completa - Sobre este livro
| John Dryden - 1854 - 324 páginas
...waves went high, He sought the storms; but, for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands, to Ijoast his wit. Great wits are sure to madness near allied,...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; Bankrupt... | |
| 1855 - 864 páginas
...of his career Quote Pope's lines on his death. Why was Dryden especially bitter against him ? 1 2. Great wits are sure to madness near allied, And thin...; Else why should he, with wealth and honor blest, Eefuse his age the needful hours of rest ? Punish a body which he could not please, Bankrupt of life,... | |
| Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1855 - 610 páginas
...is not wit that brings a man to hanging, That goes not further than a harmless banging. Buekingham. Great wits are sure to madness near allied, And thin...bounds divide ; Else why should he, with wealth and honour blest, Refuse his age the needful hours of rest ? Punish a body whieh he eould not please !... | |
| 1855 - 834 páginas
...body to decay, And o'er inform'd the tenement of clay. A daring pilot in extremity ; [high, He sought the .storms ; but for a calm unfit, . Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit. Great wits arc sure to madness near allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide ; Else why should he, with... | |
| David Masson - 1856 - 494 páginas
...tenement of clay. 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...allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide." Or, in the lines which he sent to Tonson the publisher as a specimen of what he could do in the way... | |
| David Masson - 1856 - 528 páginas
...tenement of clay. 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...allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide." Or, in the lines which he sent to Tonson the publisher as a specimen of what he could do in the way... | |
| John Timbs - 1856 - 378 páginas
...returns home, he buys a seat in parliament, and studies the constitution. — Machenzie. ccccxcvt. 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... | |
| Abraham Mills - 1856 - 590 páginas
...went 1 He sought the storms ; but, for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wi Great wits are sure to madness near allied, And thin...bounds divide ; Else why should he, with wealth and honour b] Refuse his age the needful hours of rest ^ Punish a body which he could not please ; Bankrupt... | |
| Joseph Payne - 1856 - 518 páginas
...sought the storms ; but, for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit. Great wits5 are sure to madness near allied, And thin partitions...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 ;... | |
| Thomas Ewing - 1857 - 428 páginas
...tenement of clay. 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...allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide. In friendship false, implacable in hate, Resolved to ruin or to rule th« state. To compass this the... | |
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