 | John Dryden, Edmond Malone - 1800 - 601 pages
...he at the same 9 CHARACTERISTICKS, vol. ip 156. vol. iii. p. 189,; n. Edinb. 121110. 1758. "» 1 " Great wits are sure to madness near allied, " And thin partitions do their bounds divide : " Else, why should he, with wealth and honour blest, " Deprive his age the needful hours of rest... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 606 pages
...funeral, he at the same 9 CHARACTERISTICS, vol. ip 156. vol. hi. p. 189, n. Edinb. 1amo. 1758. 1 " Great wits are sure to madness near allied, " And thin partitions do their bounds divide : " Else, why should he, with wealth and honour blest, " Deprive his age the needful hours of rest... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 620 pages
...same * CHA.RACTERISTICKS, vol. ip 156. vol. iii. p. 189, n. Edinb. 12 mo. 1758. 1 " Great wits arc sure to madness near allied, " And thin partitions do their bounds divide : • " Else, why should he, with wealth and honour blest, " Deprive his age the needful hours of rest... | |
 | 1801 - 416 pages
...daring pilot in extremity; r& Pleas'd with the danger, when the waves went high Hejsought the storm ; but, for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands...boast his wit. Great wits are sure to madness near ally'd, And thin partitions do their bounds divide; Else why should he, with wealth and honour bless'd,... | |
 | John Dryden - 1808 - 382 pages
...went high He sought the storms; but, for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast bis wit. Great wits are sure to madness near allied, And thin partitions do their hounds divide ; Else why should he, with wealth and honour hlcss'd, Refuse his age the needful hours... | |
 | John Dryden - 1808 - 482 pages
...; A fiery soul, which, working out its way, "^ Fretted the pigmy-body to decay, > And o'er-informed the tenement of clay ; } A daring pilot in extremity...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... | |
 | John Dryden - 1808 - 476 pages
...; A fiery soul, which, working out its way, "1 Fretted the pigmy-body to decay, / And o'er-informed the tenement of clay ; -) A daring pilot in extremity...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... | |
 | John Dryden, Thomas Park - 1808 - 374 pages
...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...allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide ; Else why should he, with wealth and honour hless'il, Refuse his age the needful hours of rest? Punish... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 606 pages
...tenement of clay. A daring pilot in extremity ; Pleas'd with thedaiigeVu hen the waveswenthigh, lie ionght the sire ? Why drew Marseilles' good bishop purer ; Else why should he, with wealth and honor blest, Refuse his age the needful hours of rest ? Punish... | |
 | 1809 - 402 pages
...high, He sought the storms ; hut, for a Calm noil, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast Iii- tit. 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 needful hoars of rest? Punish... | |
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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... 
