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 - Página 282editado por - 1809Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
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...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...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 Atwan, Laurance Wieder - 1993 - 514 páginas
...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...divide: Else, why should he, with wealth and honor blessed, Refuse his age the needful hours of rest? Punish a body which he could not please; Bankrupt... | |
| Connie Robertson - 1998 - 686 páginas
...up commonwealths and ruin kings. 3021 Absalom and Achitophel Why should he, with wealth and honour ertson life, yet prodigal of ease? And all to leave what with his toil he won To that unfeathered two-legged... | |
| Paul Hammond - 2002 - 484 páginas
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| John Dryden - 2003 - 1024 páginas
...clay. A daring pilot in extremity, Pleased with the danger, when the waves went high, 160 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; Bankrupt... | |
| John Carrington - 2003 - 344 páginas
...which, working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay And o'er-informed the tenement of clay 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? This character assassination — Shaftesbury... | |
| Benjamin Ifor Evans - 2006 - 520 páginas
...the Danger, when the Waves went high He sought the Storms; but for a Calm unfit, Would steer too near the Sands, to boast his Wit. Great Wits are sure to...Bounds divide: Else, why should he, with Wealth and Honour blessed, Refuse his Age the needful Hours of Rest? Punish a Body which he could not please;... | |
| David Armitage - 2006 - 9 páginas
...generative and political capacities of the Earl of Shaftesbury: 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 of Life, yet Prodigal of Ease? And all to leave, what with his toyl he won, To that unfeather'd, two leg'd... | |
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