 | John Dryden, Edmond Malone - 1800 - 601 pagina’s
...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 - 606 pagina’s
...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 - 1800 - 622 pagina’s
...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... | |
 | 1801 - 416 pagina’s
...daring pilot in extremity; r& Pleas'd with the danger, when the waves went high Hejsought the storm ; but, for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands...boast his wit. Great wits are sure to madness near ally'd, And thin partitions do their bounds divide; Else why should he, with wealth and honour bless'd,... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1806 - 434 pagina’s
...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 sought the storms; but for...Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit." Absalom and Achitophel.] 4 [Bishop Bumet represents him as addicted to judicial astrology: but Mr.... | |
 | John Dryden - 1808 - 382 pagina’s
...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 storms; but, for...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... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 476 pagina’s
...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,...honour blest, Refuse his age the needful hours of rest ? Punish a body which he could not please ; Bankrupt of life, yet prodigal of ease ? And all to leave... | |
 | John Dryden - 1808 - 482 pagina’s
...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...honour blest, Refuse his age the needful hours of rest ? Punish a body which he could not please ; Bankrupt of life, yet prodigal of ease ? And all to leave... | |
 | John Dryden, Thomas Park - 1808 - 374 pagina’s
...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 the storms ; but, for...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 pagina’s
...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 -,... | |
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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. 
