 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.  Essays and Lays of Ancient Rome - Pagina 460door Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1895 - 923 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 282 pagina’s
...pigmy body to decay, > 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...for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to show his wit. Great wits to madness surely are allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide ;*... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 290 pagina’s
...pigmy body to decay, > 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...for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to show his wit. Great wits to madness surely are allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide y*... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 410 pagina’s
...or pretended, which was sworn to by the infamous Titus Oates. A daring pilot in extremity, Pleas'd with the danger when the waves went high, He sought...for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to show his wit. Great wits to madness surely are allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide?... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 pagina’s
...pigmy body to decay, And o'er-inform'd the tenement of clay. A daring pilot in extremity ; Pleas'd me on radiant spheres he rode. When he to fair Olympia pren'd ; hid wit. Great wits are sure to madness near allied, And thin partitions do their bouuds divide;* Else... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1849 - 708 pagina’s
...pigmy body to decay, And o'er-inforni'd the tenement of clay. A daring pilot in extremity ; Pleas'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, And thiu partitions do their bounds divide ;* Else why... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1850 - 338 pagina’s
...passion, implacable revenge, boldness amounting to temerity, are the most striking features. Ahithopel is one of the " great wits to madness near allied."...Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit."* The dates of the two poems will, we think, explain this discrepancy. The third part of Hudibras appeared... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1850 - 556 pagina’s
...which, working out its way, Fretted the pigmy-body to decay, And o'er-informed the tenement of clay. A daring pilot in extremity, Pleased with the danger...unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit. After Lord Shaftesbury's final dismissal from office, it was at his house iu Aldersgate Street that... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1850 - 342 pagina’s
...most striking features. Ahithophel is one of the "great wits to madness near allied." And again — x "A daring pilot in extremity. Pleased with the danger...Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit." * ' The dates of the two poems will, we think, explain this discrepancy. The third part of Hudibras... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 594 pagina’s
...pigmy body to decay, And o'er-informed the tenement of clay. A daring pilot in extremity ; Pleas'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, And thin partitions do their bounds divide ; Else why should... | |
 | 1852 - 780 pagina’s
...boldness amounting to temerity, are the most striking features. Ahithophel is one of the " great wits tc madness near allied." And again — 'A daring pilot...for a calm unfit. Would steer too nigh the sands to boait bis wit."* The dates of the two poems will, we think. explain this discrepancy. The third part... | |
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