 | 1714 - 528 pages
...working out its Way, > Fretted the Pigmy Body to Decay, \ And o'erinforrn'd the Tenement of Clay. J A daring Pilot in Extremity ; Pleas'd with the Danger, when the Waves went high, He fought the Storm ; but, for a Calm unfit, Would fteer too nigh the Sands, to boaft his Wit : O, why wou'd he,... | |
 | John Dryden - 1760 - 448 pages
...pigmy-body to decay, And o'er-inform'd the tenement of clay. A daring pilot in extremity ; Pleas'dwith the danger when the waves went high, He fought the ftorms ; but for a calm unfit, Would fteer too nigh the fands to boaft his wit. Great wits are fure to madnefs near ally'd, And thin partitions... | |
 | John Dryden - 1767 - 318 pages
...which working out its way, FrettiS 'u* pigmy-body to decay, And o\.e inform'd the tenement of clay. A daring pilot in extremity ; Pleas'd with the danger...He fought the ftorm.s ; but for a calm unfit Would fteer too nigh the fands to boaft his wit. Great wits are fure to madnefs near ally'd, And thin partitions... | |
 | John Dryden - 1773 - 260 pages
...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 ; Pleas'd with the danger, when the waves went high, He fought the florm ; but, for a calm unfit, Would fteer too nigh the fands, to boaft his wit. Great wits are fure... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 336 pages
...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 ; Pleas'd with the danger...fands to boaft his wit. Great wits are fure to madnefs near ally'd, And thin partitions do their bounds divide ; Elfe why mould he, with wealth and honour... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 664 pages
...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 ; Pleas'd with the danger...He fought the ftorms; but, for a calm unfit, Would fteer too nigh the fands to boaft his wit. Great wits are fure to madnefs near ally'd, And thin partitions... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 364 pages
...decay, And o'er-inform'd the tenement of clay. A daring pilot in extremity ; Pleas'd with the.danger when the waves went high, He fought the ftorms; but, for a calm unfit, Would fteer too nigh the fands to boaft his wit. Great wits are fure to madnefs near ally'd, And thin partitions... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 350 pages
...with the danger when the waves went high, He fought the ftorms ; but, for a calm unfit, Would lteer too nigh the fands to boaft his wit. Great wits are fure to madnefs near ally'd, And thin partitions do their bounds divide ; Elfe why mould he, with wealth and honour... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1791 - 966 pages
...which, working out its way, Fretted the pigmy-body to decay, And o'cr-inform'd the tenement of clay. gton" K7- wenthigh, He fought the ftorms ; but, for a calm unfit, Would ftcer too nigh the Hinds to boaft his... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 658 pages
...decay, And o'er-inform'd the tenement of clay. A daring pilot in extremity; Plcas'd wit!i the dancer when the waves went high, He fought the ftorms ; but, for a calm unfit, Would fleer too nigh the fands (o loaft his wit. Great wits are fure to madnefs near aJly'd, And thin partitions do their bounds divide;... | |
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A daring pilot in extremity; Pleas'd 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. 
