 | English poetry - 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... | |
 | Joseph Grove - 1764 - 506 pages
...working out its way, -j Fretted the pigmy-body to decay; f. And o'er inform'd the tenement cf clay. i 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 fleer too nigh the fands, to boaft his wit. Great wits... | |
 | John Dryden - English poetry - 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 when the waves went high, He fought the ftorm.s ; but for a calm unfit Would fteer too nigh the fands to boaft his wit. Great wits... | |
 | John Dryden - English poetry - 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... | |
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1777 - 644 pages
...which, working out iu way, -. Fretted the pigmy body to decay, C A flaring pilot in extremity; 139 Pleas'd with the danger, when the waves went high He sought the storm; hut, for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit. Great wits arc sure... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 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 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... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 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... | |
 | English poetry - 1801 - 416 pages
...daring pilot in extremity; r& Pleas'd with the danger, when the waves went high Hejsought the storm ; but, for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit. Great wits are sure to madness near ally'd, And thin partitions do their bounds divide;... | |
 | Horace Walpole - English literature - 1806 - 498 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,...for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit." Absalom and Achitophel.] 4 [Bishop Burnet represents him as addicted to judicial astrology:... | |
 | John Dryden - 1808 - 382 pages
...pigmy body to decay, And o'er-infornTd tbe tenement of clay. A daring pilot in extremity; Pleas'd witli the danger, when the waves went high He sought the...for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast bis wit. Great wits are sure to madness near allied, And thin partitions do their hounds divide... | |
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Pleased 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. 
