 | John Bell - 1777
...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...won, To that unfeather'd, two-legg'd thing, a son ; 170 Got while his soul did huddled notions try, And born a shapeless lump, like Anarchy. In friendship... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800
...partitions do (heir bounds divide : '• Else, why should he, with wealth and honour blest, " Deprive his age the needful hours of rest; " Punish a body...all, to leave what with his toil he won, " To that unfcathcr'd two-legg'd thing, a son ; " Got while his soul did huddled notions try, " And born a shapeless... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800
...funeral, he at the 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...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 - 442 pagina’s
...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 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, Edmond Malone - 1800
...the same 9 CHARACTERISTICS, vol. ip 156. vol. iii. p. 189, n. Edinb. i2mo. 1758. 1 " Great wits are 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
...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 ? Punish...won, To that unfeather'd, two-legg'd thing, a son ; I70 Got while his soul did huddled notions try, And born a shapeless lump, like Anarchy. In friendship... | |
 | John Dryden - 1808
...allied, And thin partitions do their hounds divide ; Else why should he, with wealth and honour hlcss'd, Refuse his age the needful hours of rest? Punish a...leave what with his toil he won, To that unfeather'd, two legg'd thing, a son ; Got while his soul did huddled notions try, And bora a shapeless lump, like... | |
 | John Dryden - 1808
...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...And all to leave what with his toil he won, To that unfeathered two-legged thing, a son; f Got, while his soul did huddled notions try ; And born a shapeless... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808
...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...And all to leave what with his toil he won, To that unfeathered two-legged thing, a son ; "! Got, while his soul did huddled notions try ; And born a shapeless... | |
 | John Dryden, Thomas Park - 1808
...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...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,... | |
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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... 
