 | Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 pagina’s
...eulogise. [Character of Shnftafou.ry.'] [From ' Absalom and Achitophel.'] Of these the false Achitophel wan @ unpleas'd, impatient of disgrace : A fiery soul, which, working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body... | |
 | 1847 - 610 pagina’s
...panegyric, or abuse, or stirring assertions borne out by terseness of illustration, proof, or epigram: " Of these the false Achitophel was first, A name to...succeeding ages curst ; For close designs and crooked councils fit. Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit; Restless, unfixed in principles and place, In... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 pagina’s
...verse it would be vain to eulogise. _ [Character of Sliaftabury.] [From ' Absalom and Achitophel. "] present deity, the vaulted roofs rebound : With ravish'd ears The monarch hears, Assumes the god ami crooked counsels fit ; Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit ; Restless, unfix'd in principles... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1847 - 474 pagina’s
...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 tenement of clay, &c. Arlington House... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1847 - 478 pagina’s
...famous Cabal in the reign of Charles the Second, and the " Achitophel " of Dryden's immortal poem. 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... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1849 - 708 pagina’s
...Achitophel was first ; Л name to all succeeding ogee curst : For close designs and crooked counsels fit J , Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit ; Restless, unfix'd in principles and place,; In power unpleas'd, impatient of disgrace: A fiery soul, which, working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1850 - 710 pagina’s
...his verse it would be vain to eulogise. [Character of Sitaflcfbvry.'] [From ' Abmlom and AchitopheL*] e Lives in his issue, even so the race Of Shakspeare's...shake a lance, As brandish'd at the eyes of ignorance. unplciuiM, impatient of disgrace: A fiery soul, which, working out its way, Fretted the pi^my body... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 602 pagina’s
...divide the crown: He rais'da mortal to the skies; She drew an angel down. CHARACTER OF SHAFTESBURY. Of these the false Achitophel was first ; A name to...Restless, unfix'd in principles and place ; In power uupleas'd, impatient of disgrace : A fiery soul, which, working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 594 pagina’s
...divide the crown: He rais'da mortal to the skies; She drew an angel down. CHARACTER OF SHAFTESBURY. Of these the false Achitophel was first ; A name to...Restless, unfix'd in principles and place ; In power uupleas'd, impatient of disgrace : A fiery soul, which, working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1851 - 480 pagina’s
...talents, and who, as a statesman, is one of the most extraordinary characters in English history : u For close designs and crooked counsels fit, Sagacious,...Restless, unfix'd in principles and place ; In power unpleaVd impatient of disgrace : A daring pilot in extremity, Pleased with the danger when the waves... | |
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Of these the false Achitophel was first, A name to all succeeding 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... 
