 | John Dryden - 1909 - 1112 pages
...working out its way, ) Fretted the 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, 1 60 He sought the storms; but, for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands, to boast his wit.... | |
 | William Stebbing - 1913 - 424 pages
...which, working out its way, Fretted the pigmy-body to decay, And o'er-informed the tenement of clay. 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 Great wits... | |
 | William Henry Hudson - 1914 - 362 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 sought the storms ; but for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit. Great wits... | |
 | David Nichol Smith - 1918 - 396 pages
...which working out its way, Fretted the Pigmy- Body to decay : And o'r inform'd the Tenement of Clay. 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. Great Wits... | |
 | Matthew Albert Bayfield - 1919 - 140 pages
...which, working out its way, Fretted the Pigmy Body to decay : And o'r-informed the Tenement of Clay. 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. The following... | |
 | KATE LOUISE ROBERTS - 1922 - 1422 pages
...Gallicum. VII. 26. 22 Ijst him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall. I Corinthians. X. 12. lver sea. SHE sought the storms. DRYDEN — Absalom and Achitophel. Pt. I. L. 159. •s Or ever the silver cord be... | |
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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. 
