...of his career Quote Pope's lines on his death. Why was Dryden especially bitter against him ? 1 2. Great wits are sure to madness near allied, And thin...bounds divide ; Else why should he, with wealth and honor blest, Eefuse his age the needful hours of rest ? Punish a body which he could not please, Bankrupt...

...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...allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide." Or, in the lines which he sent to Tonson the publisher as a specimen of what he could do in the way...

...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...allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide." Or, in the lines which he sent to Tonson the publisher as a specimen of what he could do in the way...

...sought the storms ; but, for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit. Great wits5 are sure to madness near allied, And thin partitions...honour blest, Refuse his age the needful hours of rest ? Punish a body which he could not please ; Bankrupt of life, yet prodigal of ease ? And all to leave...

...returns home, he buys a seat in parliament, and studies the constitution. — Machenzie. ccccxcvt. Great wits are sure to madness near allied, And thin...divide ; Else why should he, with wealth and honour bless'd, Refuse his age the needful hours of rest '! Punish a body which he could not please ; Bankrupt...

...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...unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit. (Jn.-at wits are sure to madness near allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide ; Else why...

...went 1 He sought the storms ; but, for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wi Great wits are sure to madness near allied, And thin...divide ; Else why should he, with wealth and honour b] Refuse his age the needful hours of rest ^ Punish a body which he could not please ; Bankrupt of...

...ma^ :.«ss near allied." And again— 14 A daring pilot in extremity, Pleased with the danger when the waves went high, He sought the storms; but for...Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit."* The dates of the two poems will, we think, explain this discrepancy. The third part of Hudibras appeared...

...decay, And o'erinformed the tenement of clay. A daring pilot in extremity, Pleased with the danger when the waves went high He sought the storms, but for...allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide. In friendship false, implacable in hate, Resolved to ruin or to rule th« state. To compass this the...

...madness near allied." And again — • " A daring pilot in extremity, Pleased with the danger when the waves went high, He sought the storms; but, for...Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit." l 'It has never, we believe, been remarked, that two of the most striking lines in the description...