 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 divide; Else, why should he, with wealth and honor blest, Refuse his age the needful...  Shaftesbury (the First Earl) - Seite 209von Henry Duff Traill - 1886 - 218 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | John Bell - 1777 - 644 Seiten
...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, with wealth and honour bless'd, Refuse his age the needful hours of rest ? 166 Punish a body which he could not please ; Bankrupt... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 606 Seiten
...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...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, " Bankrupt... | |
 | John Dryden, Edmond Malone - 1800 - 601 Seiten
...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...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, " Bankrupt... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 622 Seiten
...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...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, " Bankrupt... | |
 | John Dryden - 1808 - 382 Seiten
...went high He sought the storms; but, for a 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 why should he, with wealth and honour hlcss'd, Refuse his age the needful hours... | |
 | John Dryden, Thomas Park - 1808 - 374 Seiten
...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...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 ; Bankrupt,... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 Seiten
...tenement of clay. A daring pilot in extremity ; Pleas'd with thedaiigeVu hen the waveswenthigh, lie ionght the sire ? Why drew Marseilles' good bishop purer honor blest, Refuse his age the needful hours of rest ? Punish a body which he could not please -,... | |
 | Arthur Collins - 1812 - 824 Seiten
...contempt by Dryden, in the passage following that already cited : " Great wits to madness surely are allied ; And thin partitions do their bounds divide; Else why should he, with wealth and honours blest, Refuse his age the needful hours of rest •' Punish a body, which he could not please,... | |
 | Arthur Collins, Sir Egerton Brydges - 1812 - 828 Seiten
...contempt by Dryden, in the passage following that already cited : " Great wits to madness surely are allied ; And thin partitions do their bounds divide; Else why should he, with wealth and honours blest, Refuse his age the needful hours of rest ? Punish a body, which he could not please,... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 536 Seiten
...waves went high, He sought the storms ; but, for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to show his wit. Great wits are sure to madness near allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide : * For the superintendence of his grandson's early education the old gentleman fixed upon a learned... | |
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