 | John Dryden - 1852 - 378 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... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1853 - 342 sider
...That system only, but the whole must fall, 250 11 [Taken from Dryden's Absalom and Achitophel: — " Great wits are sure to madness near allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide."] In first edition : — " Ethereal essence, spirit, substance, man." Let earth, unbalanced, from her... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1853 - 336 sider
...only, but the whole must fall. 250 W [Taken from Dryden's Absalom and Achitophel :— " Great vita are sure to madness near allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide."] In first edition : — "Ethereal essence, spirit, substance, man." Let earth, unbalanced, from her... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1853 - 716 sider
...sought the storms ; but, for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to boost his wit. Great wit» are sure to madness near allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide ;* Else why should he, with wealth and honour bleat. Refuse his age the needful hours of rest ? Punish... | |
 | 1855 - 864 sider
...of his career Quote Pope's lines on his death. Why was Dryden especially bitter against him ? 1 2. Great wits are sure to madness near allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide ; Else why should he, with wealth and honor blest, Eefuse his age the needful hours of rest ? Punish... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1855 - 610 sider
...is not wit that brings a man to hanging, That goes not further than a harmless banging. Buekingham. 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... | |
 | 1855 - 834 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 Refuse his age the needful hours of rest ? [blest, Punish... | |
 | David Masson - 1856 - 528 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." Or, in the lines which he sent to Tonson the publisher as a specimen of what he could do in the way... | |
 | Caleb Williams - 1856 - 152 sider
...and rendered confinement necessary for the sake of themselves and of others. If it be true, that " Great wits are sure to madness near allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide," it will be admitted that great depravity stands very much in the same relation to madness. Indeed,... | |
 | John Timbs - 1856 - 378 sider
...returns home, he buys a seat in parliament, and studies the constitution. — Machenzie. ccccxcvt. Great wits are sure to madness near allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide ; Else why should he, with wealth and honour bless'd, Refuse his age the needful hours of rest '! Punish... | |
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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? 
