 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...  The English Poets - Página 450editado por - 1880Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | David Masson - 1856 - 494 páginas
...which he can receive Shall cost a limb of his prerogative." Or, in his character of Shaftesbury, — " Of these the false Achitophel was first : A name to...counsels fit ; Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit ; Bestless, unfix'd in principles and place ; In power unpleased, impatient of disgrace ; A fiery soul,... | |
 | Archibald Hamilton Bryce - 1862 - 344 páginas
...figured in Honmonth,ii Rebellion, 1685. Absalom is Honmouth; and Achitophel, tin: Earl of Shaftesbury. OF these, the false Achitophel was first; A name to...Fretted the pigmy body to decay, And o'er-informed its tenement of clay. A daring pilot in extremity; Pleased with the danger, when the waves went high... | |
 | Thomas Arnold - 1862 - 452 páginas
...importance of the persons represented. Shaftesbury is thus described : — " Of these the false Ahitophel was first, A name to all succeeding ages curst : For...working out its way Fretted the pigmy body to decay, And o'er informed the tenement of clay. ***** Great wits are sure to madness near allied, And thin partitions... | |
 | William Francis Collier - 1862 - 678 páginas
...painters and decorators of the literary guild. CHARACTER OF SHAFTESBURY. (FROM "ABSALOM AND ACHITOPHEL.") Of these the false Achitophel was first ; A name to...counsels fit ; Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit ; 242 SPECIMENS OF DRYDEN's VERSE. Restless, unfixed in principles and place ; In power unpleasej,... | |
 | Mrs. A. T. Thomson - 1862 - 346 páginas
...appearance of candour which heightens the bitter satire so wonderfully conveyed in these lines : — ' Of these the false Achitophel was first, A name to...counsels fit, Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit. Bestless, unfix'd in principles and place, In power unpleased, impatient of disgrace ; A fiery soul,... | |
 | William Francis Collier - 1862 - 550 páginas
...and decorators of the literary guild. CHARACTER OF SHAFTESBURY. (FROM "ABSALOM AND ACHITOPIIEI..") Of these the false Achitophel was first ; A name to...counsels fit ; Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit ; 16 Restless, unfixed in principles and place ; In power unpleased, impatient of disgrace : A fiery... | |
 | English poets - 1862 - 626 páginas
...designs, and crooked counsels fit ; Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit ; • Restless, unfix' d in principles and place ; In power unpleased, impatient...fiery soul, which, working out its way, Fretted the pigmy-body to decay, And o'er-inform'd the tenement of clay. A daring pilot in extremity ; Pleased... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, sir William Smith - 1864 - 554 páginas
...she join'd the other two. FROM 'ABSALOM AND ACHITOFHEL.' 149. CHARACTER OF SHAFTESBDRY (ACHITOPHEL). Of these the false Achitophel was first ; A name to...out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay, And o'er informed its tenement of clay : A daring pilot in extremity ; Pleased with the danger, when the... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1866 - 442 páginas
...than I can gently. 2. Charles I°r. — 3. Le duc de Monmouth. 4. Le comte de Shaftesbury. Of these false Achitophel was first; A name to all succeeding...fit; 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... | |
 | Mary Anne Marzials - 1867 - 332 páginas
...Religion's sight ; So dies, and so dissolves, in supernatural light. DESCRIPTION OF A BOLD BAD MAN. OF these the false Achitophel was first ; A name to...; Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit. Restless, unfix'd in principles and place ; In power unpleased, impatient of disgrace : A fiery soul, which,... | |
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