 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 allied...  Elegant Extracts - Stran 282uredili: - 1809Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | William Davis (B.A.) - 1869 - 200 strani
...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...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 ;... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, William Smith - 1869 - 420 strani
...waves went high He sought the storms; but, for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to show his wit. Great wits are sure to madness near allied,...bounds divide: Else, why should he, with wealth and honors blest, Refuse his age the needful hours of rest? Punish a body which he could not please; Bankiupt... | |
 | Walter Scott, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William) Turner - 1869 - 486 strani
...indifferently, and might have convinced the authors, that the charm of " Absalom and Achitophel " lav 1 f " 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 ;... | |
 | sir William Smith - 1869 - 382 strani
...allied, 15 And thin partitions do their bounds divide : Else, why should he, with wealth and honours blest, Refuse his age the needful hours of rest ?...Punish a body which he could not please ; Bankrupt of life, yet prodigal of ease '! ******* 20 In friendship false, implacable in hate, Resolved to ruin... | |
 | Daniel Scrymgeour - 1870 - 644 strani
...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...bounds divide : Else why should he, with wealth and honours blest, Refuse his age the needful hours of rest? Punish a body which he could not please ;... | |
 | William Lucas Sargant - 1870 - 356 strani
...tenement of clay. A daring pilot in extremity; Pleas'd with the danger, when the waves went high He sought the storms; but for a calm unfit, Would steer too...allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide. But whatever we may think of Mirabeau's treatment, our blood boils when we read of that which was suffered... | |
 | William Lucas Sargant - 1870 - 406 strani
...tenement of clay. A daring pilot in extremity; Pleas'd with the danger, when the waves went high He sought the storms ; but for a calm unfit, Would steer too...allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide. But whatever we may think of Mirabeau's treatment, our blood boils when we read of that which was suffered... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, William Smith - 1850 - 492 strani
...near allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide : Else, why should he, with wealth and honors blest, Refuse his age the needful hours of rest? Punish a body which he could not please ; Bankrupt of life, yet prodigal of ease ? In friendship false, implacable in hate, Resolved to ruin or to rule the... | |
 | Hippolyte Adolphe Taine - 1871 - 570 strani
...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...bounds divide ; Else, why should he, with wealth and honour blest, Refuse his age the needful hours of rest f Punish a body which he could not please, Bankrupt... | |
 | John Dryden - 1897 - 764 strani
...clayv / A daring pilot in extremity, ' Pleased with the danger, when the waves went high, loo He sought the storms ; but, for a calm unfit, Would steer too...bounds divide; / Else, why should he, with wealth and honour l^tat, 165 Refuse his age the needful hours of rest? Punish a body which he could not please,... | |
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