 | John Bell - 1777 - 644 páginas
...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 to rrradness... | |
 | John Dryden - 1808 - 482 páginas
...ages curst : For close designs, and crooked counsels fit ; Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit ; Restless, unfixed in principles and place; In power unpleased, impatient of disgrace ; A fiery soul, which, working out its way, "^ Fretted the pigmy-body to decay, > And o'er-informed the... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 476 páginas
...curst : For close designs, and crooked counsels fit; Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit ; Kestless, unfixed in principles and place; In power unpleased, impatient of disgrace ; A fiery soul, which, working out its way, "1 Fretted the pigmy-body to decay, / And o'er-informed the... | |
 | Arthur Collins - 1812 - 824 páginas
...which, working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay; And o'er-intbrm'd the tenement of clay. A daring pilot in extremity; Pleased with the danger, when the waves went high, He sought the storms, but for a calm unfis, too nigh the sands to boast his wit " Absalom and Actltofitf, Jeighton,... | |
 | Arthur Collins, Sir Egerton Brydges - 1812 - 828 páginas
...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 ; Pleased with the danger, when the waves went high, He sought the storms, but for a calm unfit, teer too nigh the sands to boast his wit." leighton, ancestor to the... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 536 páginas
...which, working out it's way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay, And o'er-inform'd the tenement of clay. 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 show his wit. Great wits are sure... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 532 páginas
...which, working out it's way, Fretted flie pigmy body to decay, And o'er-inform'd the tenement of day. 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 show his wit. Great wits are sure... | |
 | Eaton Stannard Barrett - 1819 - 136 páginas
...succeeding ages curst. For close designs and crooked councils fit ; Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit ; Restless, unfixed in principles and place, In power unpleased, impatient of disgrace. 4. THE HEROINE ; or, Adventures of a Fair Romance Reader. By E. Stannard Barrett, Esq. Author of "... | |
 | 1822 - 314 páginas
...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; 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. Great wits are sure... | |
 | 1902 - 742 páginas
...taken their opinion from the better known verdict of the laureate: " A. daring pilot in adversity, 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." "My Lords," said... | |
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For close designs and crooked counsels fit, Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit, Restless, unfixed in principles and place, In power unpleased, impatient of disgrace ; A fiery soul which, working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay And o'er-informed... 
