| Richard Lynn - 2001 - 382 Seiten
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| Thomas Hardy - 2001 - 554 Seiten
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| Paul Hammond - 2002 - 484 Seiten
...high 160 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...divide: Else why should he, with wealth and honour blessed, Refuse his age the needful hours of rest? Punish a body which he could not please, Bankrupt... | |
| Daniel Nettle - 2001 - 245 Seiten
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| Richard Alan Krieger - 2007 - 344 Seiten
...touchstone of a man of wit." — Moliere "Melancholy men of all others are most witty." — Aristotle "Great wits are sure to madness near allied, and thin partitions do their bounds divide." — John Dryden "A man who has provoked the shaft of wit cannot complain that he smart from it." —... | |
| John Dryden - 2002 - 114 Seiten
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| Roy Porter - 2002 - 241 Seiten
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| Jairam Ramesh - 2002 - 520 Seiten
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| John Dryden - 2003 - 1024 Seiten
...160 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...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... | |
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