 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.  The Life of John Locke - Pagina 137door Henry Richard Fox Bourne - 1876 - 506 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, sir William Smith - 1864 - 554 pagina’s
...disgrace, A fiery soul which working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay, And o'er informed its tenement of clay : A daring pilot in extremity; Pleased...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... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1865 - 252 pagina’s
...disgrace : A fiery soul, which, working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay, And o'er-informed the tenement of clay. A daring pilot in extremity...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 ; Eke why should... | |
 | Thomas Babington baron Macaulay - 1866 - 734 pagina’s
...most striking features. Ahithophel is one of the " great wits to madness near allied." And again — " A daring pilot in extremity, Pleased with the danger...Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit." * * It has neyei. we believe, teen re- lines in the description of Ahithophel marked, that twg of t^e... | |
 | John Dryden - 1866 - 348 pagina’s
...in a new light in the world. They will show that he had no A daring pilot in extremity ; ' I'leas'd with the danger, when the waves went high He sought...unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit. Great wits are sure to madness near allied, hand in the Dnchess of Orleans's treaty, made at Dover... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1866 - 758 pagina’s
...most striking features. Ahithophel is one of the " great wits to madness near allied." And again— " A daring pilot in extremity, Pleased with the danger...storms ; but, for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh thn sands to boast his wit." * * It has never, we belieje, been re- lines in the description of Ahithophel... | |
 | Université de Strasbourg. Faculté des lettres - 1922 - 340 pagina’s
...disgrace ; A fiery soul, which working ouït its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay And o'er-informed the tenement of clay. A daring pilot in extremity,...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... | |
 | David Daiches - 1979 - 336 pagina’s
...disgrace; A fiery soul, which working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay And o'er informed the tenement of clay. A daring pilot in extremity....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... | |
 | Palgrave Macmillan Ltd - 1990 - 622 pagina’s
...the pigmy body to decay, / And o'er-informed the tenement of clay. J A daring pilot in extremity; 160 Pleased with the danger, when the waves went high...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: 165 Else, why... | |
 | Robert Atwan, Laurance Wieder - 1993 - 514 pagina’s
...disgrace. A fiery soul, which working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay: And o'er informed the tenement of clay. A daring pilot in extremity;...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... | |
 | Robert E. Knoll - 1995 - 336 pagina’s
...absolute idealist. Spoiling for a fight, he was willing, even eager, to be a martyr; he was A dar1ng pilot in extremity: Pleased with the danger, when...unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands, to boast his wit.26 Persinger was out of step: patriotism was all the fashion. On 18 April Governor Keith Neville... | |
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