| 1714 - 528 Seiten
...working out its Way, > Fretted the Pigmy Body to Decay, \ And o'erinforrn'd the Tenement of Clay. J A daring Pilot in Extremity ; Pleas'd with the Danger, when the Waves went high, He fought the Storm ; but, for a Calm unfit, Would fteer too nigh the Sands, to boaft his Wit : O, why... | |
| Joseph Grove - 1764 - 506 Seiten
...working out its way, -j Fretted the pigmy-body to decay; f. And o'er inform'd the tenement cf clay. i A daring pilot in extremity ; Pleas'd with the danger, when the waves went high He fought the ftorms: but for a calm unfit, Would fleer too nigh the fands, to boaft his wit. Great wits... | |
| John Dryden - 1767 - 318 Seiten
...which working out its way, FrettiS 'u* pigmy-body to decay, And o\.e inform'd the tenement of clay. A daring pilot in extremity ; Pleas'd with the danger when the waves went high, He fought the ftorm.s ; but for a calm unfit Would fteer too nigh the fands to boaft his wit. Great wits... | |
| John Dryden - 1773 - 260 Seiten
...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 ; Pleas'd with the danger, when the waves went high, He fought the florm ; but, for a calm unfit, Would fteer too nigh the fands, to boaft his wit. Great wits... | |
| John Bell - 1777 - 644 Seiten
...which, working out iu way, -. Fretted the pigmy body to decay, C A flaring 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... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 664 Seiten
...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 ; Pleas'd with the danger when the waves went high, He fought the ftorms; but, for a calm unfit, Would fteer too nigh the fands to boaft his wit. Great wits... | |
| Vicesimus Knox - 1791 - 966 Seiten
...which, working out its way, Fretted the pigmy-body to decay, And o'cr-inform'd the tenement of clay. gton" K7- wenthigh, He fought the ftorms ; but, for a calm unfit, Would ftcer too nigh the Hinds to boaft his... | |
| Horace Walpole - 1806 - 498 Seiten
...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 ; Pleas'd with the danger,...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 Seiten
...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... | |
| 1809 - 402 Seiten
...working out its way, ) Fretted (he pigmy body to-decay, I And o'er-inform'd the tenement of clay. \ A daring pilot in extremity ; Pleas'd with the danger when the waves vent high, He sought the storms ; hut, for a Calm noil, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast Iii-... | |
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