 | Bengal council of educ - 1852 - 348 páginas
...Quote Pope's lines on his death. Why was Dryden especially bitter against him ? 1 2. Great wits are sure to madness near allied, And thin partitions do...bounds divide; Else why should he, with wealth and honor blest, Refuse his age the needful hours of rest ? Punish a body which he could not please, Bankrupt... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1853 - 716 páginas
...the storms ; but, for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to boost his wit. Great wit» are sure to madness near allied, And thin partitions do...divide ;* Else why should he, with wealth and honour bleat. Refuse his age the needful hours of rest ? Punish a body which he could not plejise ; Bankrupt... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1853 - 838 páginas
...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 Refuse his age the needful hours of rest Î [blest, Punish a body which he could not please ; Bankrupt... | |
 | John Dryden - 1854 - 324 páginas
...the storms; but, for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands, to Ijoast 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 - 1854 - 342 páginas
...she offered her every thing at the table, renders this suspicion of mine indisputable.' Lord SouthAnd thin partitions do their bounds divide ; Else why...he won, To that unfeather'd two-legg'd thing, a son ; "o Got, while his soul did huddled notions try ; And born a shapeless lump, like anarchy. In friendship... | |
 | John Dryden - 1855 - 350 páginas
...calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands, to boast his wit. Great-wits ate-sure-to madness. .pear allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide...toil he won, To that unfeather'd two-legg'd thing, a sou ; 170 ' Oot, while his soul did huddled notions try; And born a shapeless lump, like anarchy. In... | |
 | 1855 - 834 páginas
...pigmy body to decay, And o'er inform'd the tenement of clay. A daring pilot in extremity ; [high, He sought the .storms ; but for a calm unfit, . Would...divide ; Else why should he, with wealth and honour Refuse his age the needful hours of rest ? [blest, Punish a body which he could not please ; Bankrupt... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1855 - 612 páginas
...brings a man to hanging, That goes not further than a harmless banging. Buekingham. Great wits are sure to madness near allied, And thin partitions do...his age the needful hours of rest ? Punish a body whieh he eould not please ! Bankrupt of life, yet prodigaJ of ease ? And all to leave what with his... | |
 | 1855 - 864 páginas
...Quote Pope's lines on his death. Why was Dryden especially bitter against him ? 1 2. Great wits are sure to madness near allied, And thin partitions do...bounds divide ; Else why should he, with wealth and honor blest, Eefuse his age the needful hours of rest ? Punish a body which he could not please, Bankrupt... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1856 - 518 páginas
...the storms ; but, for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit. Great wits5 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. In friendship false, implacable in hate ; • Resolved to ruin... | |
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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... 
