 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 partitions do their bounds divide; Else, why should he, with wealth and honour blest, Refuse his age the...  Scholarship examinations of 1846/47 (-1853/54). - 10 페이지저자: Bengal council of educ - 1852전체보기 - 도서 정보
 | 1834 - 580 페이지
...hang on the simple thread of a phrenological subdivision ? May Dryden's couplet — " Great wit is sure to madness near allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide" — • be specially applied to Irishmen ? and must we be content to prove a pendant to the truism... | |
 | 1822 - 314 페이지
...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...bounds divide ; Else why should he, with wealth and honour bless'd, Refuse his age the needful hours of rest? Punish a body which he could not please;... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 316 페이지
...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...partitions do their bounds divide ; Else why should he,with wealth and honour bless'd, Refuse his age the needful hours of rest ? Punish a body which he... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - 1824 - 406 페이지
...v. B 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...bounds divide ; Else why should he, with wealth and honour bless'd, Refuse his age the needful hours of rest ? Punish a body which he could not please... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 페이지
...un6t, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit. Great wits are sure to madness near ally'd, Z ! + ůMj woe H U $Tl k z honour blest, Refuse his age the needful hours of rest ? Punish a body which he could not please ;... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1825 - 600 페이지
...unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit. Great wits are sure to madness near ally'd, ead, To piek her wint'ry faggot from the thorn, To seek her nightly shed, and we honour blest, Refuse his age the needful hours of rest ? Punish a body whieh he eotdd not please ;... | |
 | Laconics - 1829 - 390 페이지
...he returns home, he buys a seat in Parliament, and studies the constitution. — Mackenzie. CCCCXCVL Great wits are sure to madness near allied, And thin...bounds divide; Else why should he, with wealth and honour bless'd, Refuse his age the needful hours of rest? • Punish a body which he could not please... | |
 | John Timbs - 1829 - 354 페이지
...returns home, he buys a seat in Parliament, and studies the constitution. — Mackenzie. CCCCXCVI. Great wits are sure to madness near allied, And thin...bounds divide; Else why should he, with wealth and honour bless'd, Refuse his age the needful hours of rest? Punish a body which he could not please;... | |
 | John Dryden - 1832 - 342 페이지
...offered her every thing at the table, renders this suspicion of mine indisputable.' Lord SouthGreat wits are sure to madness near allied, And thin partitions...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 ;... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1834 - 516 페이지
...indifferently, and might have convinced the authors, that the charm of " Absalom and Achitophel " lay 1 [." Great wits are sure to madness near allied. And thin...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 ;... | |
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