 | John Dryden, Thomas Park - 1808 - 374 pagina’s
...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,... | |
 | 1809 - 402 pagina’s
...the storms ; hut, for a Calm noil, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast Iii- tit. Great wits are sure to madness near allied, And thin partitions do...wealth and honour blest, Refuse his age the needful hoars of rest? Punish a body which he conld not please; Bankrupt of life, yet prodigal of esst ' And... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 pagina’s
...the storms ; but, for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit. Great wits are the bad what happiness they wou'd, One they must want,...which is, to pass for good, Oh blind totruth.andGod's honor blest, Refuse his age the needful hours of rest ? Punish a body which he could not please -,... | |
 | Thomas Bayly Howell, Thomas Jones Howell - 1810 - 722 pagina’s
...ally'd, And thin partitions do their bound;, divide; Else why should he, with wealth and honour bless'd, Refuse his age the needful hours of rest? Punish a...And all to leave what with his toil he won, To that unfeatlier'd, two-legg'd thing, a son ; Got while his soul did huddled notions try, And born a shapeless... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 654 pagina’s
...wit. Great wits are sure to madness near ally'd, And thin partitions do their bounds divide ; Rise " was so confounded with fear, that he confessed...beard, said, thought, or seen ; all that he knew of h pleasej Bankrupt of life, yet prodigal of ease? And all to leave what with his toil he won, To that... | |
 | Arthur Collins - 1812 - 824 pagina’s
...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 •'...won, To that unfeather'd two-legg'd thing, a son, Got while his soul did huddled notions try; And born a shapeless lump, like anarchy " His external... | |
 | Arthur Collins, Sir Egerton Brydges - 1812 - 828 pagina’s
...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 ?...And all to leave, what with his toil he won, To that unfeathcr'd two-legg'd thing, a son, Got while his soul did huddled notions try; And born a shapeless... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 532 pagina’s
...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...he won To that unfeather'd two-legg'd thing, a son j Got while his soul did huddled notions try, And born a shapeless lump, like anarchy. In friendship... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 536 pagina’s
...learned female, of the name of Birch, who was intimately conversant with the Latin and Greek tongues. Else why should he, with wealth and honour blest,...he won To that unfeather'd two-legg'd thing, a son ; Got while his soul did huddled notions try, And born a shapeless lump, like anarchy. In friendship... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 410 pagina’s
...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...won, To that unfeather'd, two-legg'd thing, a son ; Got while his soul did huddled notions try, And born a shapeless lump, like Anarchy. In friendship... | |
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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... 
