...o'er-informed the tenement of clay. A daring pilot in extremity; Pleas'd with the danger, when the waves went 1 He sought the storms ; but, for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wi Great wits are sure to madness near allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide ; Else why...

...striking features. Ahilhophel is one of the " great wits lo ша<! :i;ss near allied." And again — " A daring pilot In extremity. Pleased with the danger when the waves went high, He sought Ihe storms; but for a calm unfit, Would steer loo nigh Um »anda lo boasl uU wit."* The dates of the...

...for a calm," and not one that would " steer too near the shore to show his wit," any more than, like "a daring pilot in extremity," — " Pleased with the danger when the waves run high, He scmght the deep." His was a compromising spirit, much more resembling the character of...

...anil Achitoj>liel. C. " When waves run high, A daring pilot in extremity." The right version is, — " A daring pilot in extremity, Pleased with the danger when the waves ran high." Absalom and Achitophel, 160. XH Tale wanted (2nd S. i. 11.)— I beg to refer a.fl. to a...

...for a calm," and not one that would " steer too near the shore to show his wit," any more than, like "a daring pilot in extremity," — " Pleased with the danger when the waves run high, Ho sought the deop." His was a compromising spirit, much more resembling the character of...

...which working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay, And o'erinformed the tenement of clay. A daring pilot in extremity, Pleased with the danger..."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. In friendship...

...Ishbosheth the crown forego." 17. " 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 nigh the sands, to boast his wit." 18. " Sunk were his eyes, his voice was harsh and loud, Sure signs he neither choleric was, nor proud...

...martial law. His less scrupulous successor, Lord Shaftesbury, A daring pilot in extremity, Pleas'd with the danger, when the waves went high He sought the storms, commenced his administration by issuing writs of his own authority for the election of new members...

...most striking features. Ahithophel is one of the " great wit? lo mat? inns near allied." And again — might easily be paid off in a year or two. many saride lo bout big wit."* The dates of the two poems will, we think, expiai» this discrepancy. The...

...turbulent of wit ; Restless, unfixed in principles and place, In power unpleased, impatient of disgrace ; A daring pilot in extremity; . Pleased with the danger when the waves ran high, He sought the storm ; but, for a calm unfit, Would steer too near the sand» to boast his...