 | John Dryden - 1832 - Počet stránok 342
...character, in several respects, in A daring pilot in extremity ; Pleas'd with the danger, when the waveswent high He sought the storms ; but for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit. a new light in the world. They will show that he had no hand in the Duchess of Orleans's... | |
 | Počet stránok 576
...A daring pilot in extremity; Pleas'd with the danger when the wave went high, He sought the ttorm ; but for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit." After the fall of Clarendon, who, though not untainted by sordid vices, was too good... | |
 | John Dryden - 1837 - Počet stránok 482
...expression of passion more dangerous than thai of* clamour and confusion, bringing up iho rear. Ho sought 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 their bounds divide... | |
 | 1839 - Počet stránok 466
...pigmy body to decay, And o'er inform'd the tenement of clay. A daring pilot in extremity ; Pleas'd with the danger when the waves went high, He sought...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... | |
 | Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1839 - Počet stránok 630
...most striking features. Ahithophel is one of the 'great wits to madness near allied.' And again— Pleased with the danger when the waves went high,...storms; but, for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sauds to boast his wit.'* 'A daring pilot in extremity, The dates of the two poems will, we think,... | |
 | Fitz-Greene Halleck - 1840 - Počet stránok 372
...disgrace ; A fiery soul, which, working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay, And o'er inform'd the tenement of clay. A daring pilot in extremity...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... | |
 | 1840 - Počet stránok 372
...disgrace ; A fiery soul, which, working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay, And o'er inform'd the tenement of clay. A daring pilot in extremity...the storms ; but, for a calm unfit, Would steer too rrigh the sands to boast his wit. Great wits are sure to madness near allied, And thin partitions do... | |
 | Johnstone - 1840 - Počet stránok 386
...principles and place. In power unpleased, impatient of disgrace ; A fiery soul, which working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay, And o'er-inform'd...extremity ; Pleased with the danger when the waves were high He sought the storms; but for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit.... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1841 - Počet stránok 844
...disgrace : A fiery soul, which working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay, And o'er inform'd the tenement of clay. A daring pilot in extremity ; Pleased with the daugerwhen the waves went high, He sought the storms ; but for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - Počet stránok 424
...most striking features. Ahithophel is one of the "great wits to madness near allied." And again— " 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."*... | |
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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. 
