| 1839 - 466 pages
...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 allied, And thin...divide ; Else why should he, with wealth and honour blest, Refuse his age the needful hours of rest ? Punish a body which he could not please Bankrupt... | |
| Samuel De Veaux - 1839 - 182 pages
...not wonderful, that in beholding the general infatuation, he, too, should become beside himself. " Great wits are, sure, to madness near allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide,'* Ratllbun— his fall. His own schemes of ambition were boundless, and, besides, he had the visionary... | |
| Samuel De Veaux - 1839 - 174 pages
...that in beholding the general infatuation, he, too, should become beside himself. " Great wits arc, sure, to madness near allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide," Rathbun — his fall. His own schemes of ambition were boundless, and, besides, he had the visionary... | |
| Johnstone - 1840 - 386 pages
...were 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 allied, And thin...divide ; Else why should he, with wealth and honour blest, Refuse his age the needful hours of rest ? Punish a body which he could not please, Bankrupt... | |
| Thomas Campbell - 1841 - 844 pages
...high, He sought the storms ; but for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit. ndering at their height through airy channels Still to new blest, Refuse his age the needful hours of rest ? Punish a body which he could not please ; Bankrupt... | |
| 1907 - 516 pages
...belong." Gelwir hi weithiau yn wallgofrwydd dwyfol, a cheir gan Dryden y bardd y geiriau adnabyddus : " Great wits are sure to madness near allied And thin partitions do their bounds divide.'1 Deil Lombroso ac eraill fod cysylltiad tra agos rhwng athrylith a gwallgofrwydd — lien... | |
| Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...sought the storms ; but, for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit. Great wits6 are sure to madness near allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide ; 1 Johnson. " Lives of the Poets." 8 From the Satire of "Absalom and Achitophel" — considered by... | |
| Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 410 pages
...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? Else, why should he, with wealth and honour blest, Refuse his age the needful hours of rest; Punish a body which he could not please. Bankrupt... | |
| Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 282 pages
...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 ;* 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... | |
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