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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? "
Histoire de la littérature anglaise - Page 229
by Hippolyte Taine - 1866
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Bell's Edition, Volumes 41-42

John Bell - English poetry - 1777 - 644 pages
...nigh the sands to boast his wit. Great wits arc sure to rrradness near ally'd, 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 ? 166 Punish a body which he could not please ; Bankrupt...
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The Critical and Miscellaneous Prose Works of John Dryden, Now First ...

John Dryden, Edmond Malone - 1800 - 614 pages
...partitions do (heir bounds divide : '• Else, why should he, with wealth and honour blest, " Deprive his age the needful hours of rest; " Punish a body...all, to leave what with his toil he won, " To that unfcathcr'd two-legg'd thing, a son ; " Got while his soul did huddled notions try, " And born a shapeless...
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The Critical and Miscellaneous Prose Works of John Dryden ..., Volume 1, Issue 1

John Dryden, Edmond Malone - English prose literature - 1800 - 601 pages
...189,; n. Edinb. 121110. 1758. "» 1 " Great wits are sure to madness near allied, " And thin partitions do their bounds divide : " Else, why should he, with wealth and honour blest, " Deprive his age the needful hours of rest ; " Punish a body which he could not please, " Bankrupt...
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The Critical and Miscellaneous Prose Works of John Dryden ..., Volume 1, Part 1

John Dryden - 1800 - 606 pages
...p. 189, n. Edinb. 1amo. 1758. 1 " Great wits are sure to madness near allied, " And thin partitions do their bounds divide : " Else, why should he, with wealth and honour blest, " Deprive his age the needful hours of rest ; " Punish a body which he could not please, " Bankrupt...
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The Critical and Miscellaneous Prose Works of John Dryden, Now First ...

John Dryden - 1800 - 622 pages
...p. 189, n. Edinb. 12 mo. 1758. 1 " Great wits arc sure to madness near allied, " And thin partitions do their bounds divide : • " Else, why should he, with wealth and honour blest, " Deprive his age the needful hours of rest ; " Punish a body which he could not please, " Bankrupt...
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The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected in Eighteen Volumes ..., Volume 9

John Dryden - English literature - 1808 - 482 pages
...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...And all to leave what with his toil he won, To that unfeathered two-legged thing, a son; f Got, while his soul did huddled notions try ; And born a shapeless...
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The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected ...

John Dryden, Walter Scott - English literature - 1808 - 476 pages
...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...And all to leave what with his toil he won, To that unfeathered two-legged thing, a son ; "! Got, while his soul did huddled notions try ; And born a shapeless...
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The Poetical Works of John Dryden: Collated with the Best Editions:

John Dryden, Thomas Park - 1808 - 374 pages
...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 hless'il, Refuse his age the needful hours of rest? Punish a body which he could not please ; Bankrupt,...
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Elegant Extracts, Volumes 1-2

Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1809 - 604 pages
...near allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide ; Else why should he, with wealth and honor heme below, Who fancy bliss to vice, to virtue woe?...sees and follows that great scheme the beat, Best (ife, yet prodigal of ease ? And all to leave what with his toil he won T» than unfealher'd two-lcgg'd...
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La Belle Assemblée, Volume 6

1809 - 402 pages
...too nigh the sands to boast Iii- tit. 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 hoars of rest? Punish a body which he conld not please; Bankrupt of life, yet prodigal of esst ' And...
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