 A fiery soul, 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, when the waves went high He sought the storms; but, for a calm unfit, Would steer...  The London Quarterly Review - Стр. 1711871Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - Страниц: 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."*... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - Страниц: 692
...pigmy body to decay, And o'er-inforni'd the tenement of clay. A daring pilot in extremity ; Pleas'd ften truly great and magnificent in his style and...often big, stiff, and hy¡>erJsulinistic. He is a quie Great wits are sure to madness near allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide ; * Klse why... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1844 - Страниц: 662
...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 shew my wit.'... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - Страниц: 490
...Fretted the pigmy body to decay, And o'er-informed5 the tenement of clay. A daring pilot in extremety ; Pleased with the danger when the waves went high,...unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit. Great wits6 are sure to madness near allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide ; 1 Johnson.... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1845 - Страниц: 630
...unpleas'd, impatient of disgrace : A daring pilot in extremity, Pleas'd with the danger when the waves ran high, He sought the storms ; but for a calm unfit, Would steer too near the sands to boast his witIn friendship false, implacable in hate, Resolv'd to ruin or to rule... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1846 - Страниц: 282
...pigmy body to decay, > And o'er-inform'd the tenement of clay. j 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 show his wit. Great wits to madness surely are allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide ;*... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1846 - Страниц: 290
...pigmy body to decay, > And o'er-inform'd the tenement of clay. J 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 show his wit. Great wits to madness surely are allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide y*... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1846 - Страниц: 410
...or pretended, which was sworn to by the infamous Titus Oates. 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 show his wit. Great wits to madness surely are allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide?... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1846 - Страниц: 782
...madness near allied." And again — " A daring pilot In eitremlty, Pleased with the danger when the wares s country the same feelings with one who has suffered nothing from loo nigh the sands to boast hii wit."* The dates of the two poems will, we think, explain this discrepancy.... | |
 | Thomas Roscoe - 1846 - Страниц: 446
...troops, a vast array of his feudal power, 8 Speed ; Ord. Vit. 9 Chron. Sax.;; Qrd. Vit.; Walsingham. l " A daring pilot in extremity, ,, . Pleased with the danger when the waves ran high He sought the storms " led by his great vassals and foreign retainers of every rank, with... | |
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