 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
 | 1857 - 498 페이지
...may allow it ; genius, whether in the natural or the supernatural order, looks very like folly — " Great wits are, sure, to madness near allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide." Saints have prayed to become fools for the love of God, as He became, as it were, a fool for love of... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 602 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 blest, Refuse his age the needful hours of rest 7 Punish a body which he could not please ;... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 594 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 blest, Refuse his age the needful hours of rest 1 Punish a body which he could not please ;... | |
 | John Dryden - 1852 - 378 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 blest, Refuse his age the needful hours of rest? Punish a body which he could not please ; Bankrupt... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1853 - 716 페이지
...sought 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...bounds 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 ;... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1853 - 342 페이지
...That system only, but the whole must fall, 250 11 [Taken from Dryden's Absalom and Achitophel: — " Great wits are sure to madness near allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide."] In first edition : — " Ethereal essence, spirit, substance, man." Let earth, unbalanced, from her... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1853 - 336 페이지
...only, but the whole must fall. 250 W [Taken from Dryden's Absalom and Achitophel :— " Great vita are sure to madness near allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide."] In first edition : — "Ethereal essence, spirit, substance, man." Let earth, unbalanced, from her... | |
 | John Dryden - 1854 - 342 페이지
...she offered her every thing at the table, renders this suspicion of mine indisputable.' Lord SouthAnd 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 ;... | |
 | 1855 - 864 페이지
...the wrong ; Was every thing by starts and nothing long ; But in the course of one revolving moon, Waa chymist, fiddler, statesman and buffoon. Who is here...; 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 of life,... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1855 - 610 페이지
...is not wit that brings a man to hanging, That goes not further than a harmless banging. Buekingham. 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 whieh he eould not please !... | |
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