 A daring pilot in extremity; 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.  The Life of John Locke - Page 137by Henry Richard Fox Bourne - 1876 - 506 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Great Britain - 1843 - 424 pages
...again— " A daring pilot in extremity, 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."* * It has never, we believe, been remarked, that two of the most striking lines in the description of... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1844 - 692 pages
...pigmy body to decay, And o'er-inforni'd the tenement of clay. A daring pilot in extremity ; Pleas'd ften truly great and magnificent in his style and...often big, stiff, and hy¡>erJsulinistic. He is a quie Great wits are sure to madness near allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide ; * Klse why... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...Fretted the pigmy body to decay, And o'er-informed5 the tenement of clay. A daring pilot in extremety ; Pleased with the danger when the waves went high,...unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit. Great wits6 are sure to madness near allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide ; 1 Johnson.... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - Judges - 1845 - 630 pages
...unpleas'd, impatient of disgrace : A daring pilot in extremity, Pleas'd with the danger when the waves ran high, He sought the storms ; but for a calm unfit, Would steer too near the sands to boast his witIn friendship false, implacable in hate, Resolv'd to ruin or to rule... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1846 - 290 pages
...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, He sought...for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to show his wit. Great wits to madness surely are allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide y*... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1846 - 410 pages
...or pretended, which was sworn to by the infamous Titus Oates. A daring pilot in extremity, Pleas'd with the danger when the waves went high, He sought...for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to show his wit. Great wits to madness surely are allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide?... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - Humor - 1846 - 282 pages
...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, He sought...for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to show his wit. Great wits to madness surely are allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide ;*... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1846 - 782 pages
...madness near allied." And again — " A daring pilot In eitremlty, Pleased with the danger when the wares s country the same feelings with one who has suffered nothing from loo nigh the sands to boast hii wit."* The dates of the two poems will, we think, explain this discrepancy.... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1847 - 712 pages
...pigmy body to decay, And o'er-inform'd the tenement of clay. A daring pilot in extremity ; Pleas'd me on radiant spheres he rode. When he to fair Olympia pren'd ; hid wit. Great wits are sure to madness near allied, And thin partitions do their bouuds divide;* Else... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1847 - 712 pages
...o'er-infonn'd the tenement of clay. A daring pilot in extremity ; Pleas 'd with the danger when the wave* oks : — ' When Abraham sat at his tent door, according to his custom, waiting to entertain strangers, h Great wits are sure to madness near allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide ; * Else why... | |
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