 A fiery soul, which working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay, And o'er-informed 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...  Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Pagina 2901821Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | James Bennett - 1840 - 494 pagina’s
...Medal," severely satirizes Shaftesbury : in the former of these poems he is thus characterized — " For close designs and crooked councils fit ; " Sagacious,...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... | |
 | 1840 - 734 pagina’s
...the common standard of humanity to look at him, or differ in opinion in the slightest degree. His was A fiery soul, which, working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay. He excelled (in his own estimation) in long stories, which he told with an extraordinary minuteness... | |
 | Daniel Defoe - 1840 - 1024 pagina’s
...restless tenant within. The famous lines of Dryden might be happily applied to the Earl of Peterborough : A fiery soul, which, working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay, And o'er informed the tenement tof clay. His face, judging from the print in Dr Birch's 'Lives,' was... | |
 | Daniel Defoe - 1840 - 452 pagina’s
...restless tenant within. The famous lines of Dryden might be happily applied to the earl of Peterborough : A fiery soul, which, working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay, And o'er informed the tenement of clay. His face, judging from the print in Dr. Birch's Lives> was... | |
 | Daniel Defoe - 1840 - 448 pagina’s
...tenant within. The famous lines of Dryden might be happily applied to the earl of Peterborough : A Aery soul, which, working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay, And o'er informed the tenement of clay. His face, judging from the print in Dr. Birch's Lives> was... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1841 - 844 pagina’s
...Achitophel was first, A name to all succeeding ages curst ; For close designs, and crooked counsels ncing from the east, and leads with her The flow'ry...the pale primrose. Hail, bounteous May ! that dost And o'er inform'd the tenement of clay. A daring pilot in extremity ; Pleased with the daugerwhen the... | |
 | Daniel Defoe - 1841 - 698 pagina’s
...tenant | within. The famous lines of Dryden might be happily applied to the Earl of Peterj borough : kind of dwelling to make ; whether I should make me a cave in the dc'cay, And o'er informed the tenement of clay. His face, judging from the print in Dr Birch's 'Lives,'... | |
 | 1847 - 640 pagina’s
...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 ; A fiery soul, that working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay, And o'er-infirmed the tenement of clay."... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pagina’s
...close designs and crooked counsels fit ; Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit ; Restless, unfixed in principles and place ; In power unpleased, impatient...working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay, And o'er-informed5 the tenement of clay. A daring pilot in extremety ; Pleased with the danger when... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1845 - 630 pagina’s
...most extraordinary characters in English history : BURY**™" " For close designs and crooked counsels fit, Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit ; Restless, unfix'd in principles and place ; In power unpleas'd, impatient of disgrace : A daring pilot in extremity, Pleas'd with the danger when the waves... | |
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