 | William Francis Collier - 1862 - 678 pages
...his wit. Great wits are sure to madness near allied, And tliin partitions do their bounds divide ; Else why should he, with wealth and honour blest, Refuse his age the needful hours of rest 1 Punish a body which he could not please ; Bankrupt of life, yet prodigal of ease 1 And all to leave... | |
 | Archibald Hamilton Bryce - 1862 - 344 pages
...divide: Else, why should he, with wealth and honours blest, Refuse his age the needful hours of rest 1 Punish a body which he could not please, Bankrupt of life, yet prodigal of ease? * * * * In friendship false, implacable in hate, Eesolved to ruin or to rule the state. To compass... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - English literature - 1863 - 722 pages
...wils are sure to madness near allied, And thin partitions do tlieir boir.ids divide; Else why sliuuld he, with wealth and honour blest. Refuse his age the...please; Bankrupt of life, yet prodigal of ease? And ail to leave what witli lus toil he won, To that nnfeather'd two-lcgg'd thing, a son; Got, while his... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - English literature - 1863 - 720 pages
...he, with wealth and honour blest, Refuse his âge thé needful hours of rest ? Punish a body whicli he could not please; Bankrupt of life, yet prodigal of ease? And ail to leave what wiih his toil he won, To Ihat nnfeather'd two-lfgg'd thing, a son; Gùt, wbile his... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, sir William Smith - 1864 - 554 pages
...near allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide : Else, why should he, with wealth and honours blest, Refuse his age the needful hours of rest ?...not please ; Bankrupt of life, yet prodigal of ease ? ******* In friendship false, implacable in hate, Resolved to ruin or to rule the state. To compass... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1865 - 252 pages
...his wit. Great wits are sure to madness near allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide ; Eke why should he, with wealth and honour blest, Refuse...not please ; Bankrupt of life, yet prodigal of ease 1 . . . In friendship false, implacable in hate ; Resolved to ruin or to rule the state : To compass... | |
 | Mary Anne Marzials - English poetry - 1867 - 332 pages
...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,...not please; Bankrupt of life, yet prodigal of ease ? THE WAR-HORSE. THE fiery courser, when he hears from far The sprightly trumpets and the shouts of... | |
 | Mary Anne Marzials - English poetry - 1867 - 332 pages
...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,...not please ; Bankrupt of life, yet prodigal of ease ? THE WAR-HORSE. THE fiery courser, when he hears from far The sprightly trumpets and the shouts of... | |
 | John Dryden - 1867 - 556 pages
...; Else why should he, with wealth and honour blest, J65 Refqpe his age the needful hours of rest 1 p ? on their return to the latter, " Miss Anne Hyde, whom we have just left, is certainly married to... | |
 | John Dryden - English poetry - 1868 - 576 pages
...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,...age the needful hours of rest ? Punish a body which ho could not please ; Bankrupt of life, yet prodigal of ease ? And all to leave what with his toil... | |
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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... 
