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| Walter Scott - Chivalry - 1834 - 486 pages
...authors, that the charm of " Absalom and Achitophel " lay 1 [ " Great wita are sure to madnessnear 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... | |
| John Dryden - 1837 - 482 pages
...the storms ; but, for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit. Great wits arc sure to madness near allied, And thin partitions do...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... | |
| John Dryden - 1837 - 478 pages
...rear. He sought the storms ; hut, for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to hoast his wit. Great wits are sure to madness near allied, And thin partitions do their hounds divide ; Else why should he, with wealth and honour hlest, Refuse his age tho needful hours... | |
| Great Britain - 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...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... | |
| Samuel De Veaux - Canada - 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 - Canada - 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 - English essays - 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...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... | |
| Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1841 - 844 pages
...high, He sought the storms ; but for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit. ? j|pl tt = _ r\ O + ` 4ɕ` | 3q&dE|O [ x y ~ C흧 u| S * G ܾ > oX ͮw x W ǿ C honour blest, Refuse his age the needful hours of rest ? Punish a body which he could not please ;... | |
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