 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1861 - 752 sider
...most striking features. Ahithophel is one of the " great wits to matess near allied." And again — 8 R1 Q1 wen He sought the storms ; but for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit."*... | |
 | 1883 - 598 sider
...finest he ever heard. He was an admirable letter-writer, and by many was thought to be Junius. He was "A daring pilot in extremity, Pleased with the danger when the waves ran high." In the Eegency dispute he was unsuccessful, more on account of his client than his doctrine.... | |
 | English poets - 1862 - 626 sider
...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 danger,...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... | |
 | Archibald Hamilton Bryce - 1862 - 344 sider
...which working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay, And o'er-informed its tenement of clay. A daring pilot in extremity; Pleased with the danger,...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:... | |
 | William Francis Collier - 1862 - 678 sider
...which, working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay, And e'er-informed the tenement of clay. A daring pilot in extremity ; Pleased with the danger...for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit. Great wits are sure to madness near allied, And tliin partitions do their bounds divide... | |
 | William Francis Collier - 1862 - 550 sider
...which, working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay, And o'er -informed the tenement of clay. A daring pilot in extremity ; Pleased with the danger...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... | |
 | Mrs. A. T. Thomson - 1862 - 346 sider
...decay, And o'er-inform'd the tenement of clay, A daring pilot in extremity ; Pleased with the dangers when the waves went high, He sought the storms ; but, for a calm unfit, f Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit. Great wits are sure to madness near allied, And... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1863 - 738 sider
...bon jugement!) toujours dans l'excès, — si extrêmement vioA 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 hoast his wit. Great wits are sure to madness near allied, And thin partitions do Iheir boir.ids dmde;... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1864 - 352 sider
...again," said the Factor. " Why, to be sure," replied the minstrel, " I am, as glorious John says, — ' A daring pilot in extremity, Pleased with the danger when the waves go high, I seek the storm — but, for a calm unfit, Will steer too near the sands, to show my wit."... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1865 - 252 sider
...which, working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay, And o'er-informed the tenement of clay. A daring pilot in extremity ; Pleased with the danger...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... | |
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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. 
