 | John Dryden - 1837 - 478 sider
...rear. He sought the storms ; hut, 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 their hounds divide ; Else why should he, with wealth and honour hlest, Refuse his age tho needful hours... | |
 | John Dryden - 1837 - 482 sider
...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 ; Else why should he, with wealth and honour blest, Refuse his age the needful hours of rest? Punish... | |
 | 1839 - 466 sider
...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, And thin partitions do their bounds divide ; Else why should he, with wealth and honour blest, Refuse his age the needful hours of rest ? Punish... | |
 | Samuel De Veaux - 1839 - 182 sider
...not wonderful, that in beholding the general infatuation, he, too, should become beside himself. " Great wits are, sure, to madness near allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide,'* Ratllbun— his fall. His own schemes of ambition were boundless, and, besides, he had the visionary... | |
 | Samuel De Veaux - 1839 - 174 sider
...that in beholding the general infatuation, he, too, should become beside himself. " Great wits arc, sure, to madness near allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide," Rathbun — his fall. His own schemes of ambition were boundless, and, besides, he had the visionary... | |
 | Johnstone - 1840 - 386 sider
...were 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, And thin partitions do their bounds divide ; Else why should he, with wealth and honour blest, Refuse his age the needful hours of rest ? Punish... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1841 - 844 sider
...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, And thin partitions do their bounds divide ; Else why should he, with wealth and honour blest, Refuse his age the needful hours of rest ? Punish... | |
 | 1907 - 516 sider
...belong." Gelwir hi weithiau yn wallgofrwydd dwyfol, a cheir gan Dryden y bardd y geiriau adnabyddus : " Great wits are sure to madness near allied And thin partitions do their bounds divide.'1 Deil Lombroso ac eraill fod cysylltiad tra agos rhwng athrylith a gwallgofrwydd — lien... | |
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Great wits are sure to madness near allied; And thin partitions do their bounds divide: Else why should he, with wealth and honour blest, Refuse his age the needful hours of rest? 
