 | Samuel De Veaux - 1839 - 174 頁
...that in beholding the general infatuation, he, too, should become beside himself. " Great wits arc, sure, to madness near allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide," Rathbun — his fall. His own schemes of ambition were boundless, and, besides, he had the visionary... | |
 | 1839 - 466 頁
...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 needful hours of rest ? Punish... | |
 | Johnstone - 1840 - 386 頁
...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 needful hours of rest ? Punish... | |
 | Fitz-Greene Halleck - 1840 - 372 頁
...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 bless'd, Refuse his age the needful hours of rest... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1841 - 844 頁
...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 needful hours of rest ? Punish... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 頁
...the storms ; but, for a calm 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. " Lives of the Poets." 8 From the Satire of "Absalom and Achitophel" — considered by... | |
 | Bengal council of educ - 1848 - 394 頁
...sought the storm ; 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. Give the exact meaning of the words "fretted" — " o'er-informed" — " wit" — and " great wits."... | |
 | 1904 - 668 頁
...that "'twixt Tweedledum and Tweedledee." JOHN T. CURRY. Dryden qualifies it thus : — Great wits are sure to madness near allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide. ' Absalom and Achitophel,' i. 163-4. WFH King, in his ' Classical Quotations,' says that Seneca quotes... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1850 - 710 頁
...the storms ; but, for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit. Great wits are to talk foolishly Till that were cancelled ; and when that was gone, We l Else why should he, with wealth and honour blest, Refuse his age the needful hours of rest ! Punish... | |
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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 needful hours of rest? 
