...king only." Dryden, in his poem of Absalom and Achilophtl, gives this portrait of the latter : — " 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 unpleas'd, impatient of disgrace : A fiery soul, which,...

...ACHITOPHEL." THE CHARACTER OF THE EARL OF SHAFTESBURY DELINEATED AS ACHITOPHEL. Of these the false Achitophel1 was first ; A name to all succeeding ages curst :...Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit : Restless, unfix'd in principles and place ; In power unpleascd, impatient of disgrace, A fiery soul which working...

...his judgment, in extremes : So over-violent, or over-civil, That every man with him was God or devil. For close designs and crooked counsels fit, Sagacious,...working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay And o'er-infonned the tenement of clay. A daring pilot in extremity, Pleased with the danger, when the...

...Achitophel." 1 Shaftesbury is thus described by Dryden as the worst of the ungrateful opponents of Charles : " Of these the false Achitophel was first, A name to...and place, In power unpleased, impatient of disgrace ; 1 Spence's Anecdotes, on Pope's authority, p. 112. 1 See pp. 175-i;, and 288 of this volume. A fiery...

...Achitophel." 2 Shaftesbury is thus described by Dryden as the worst of the ungrateful opponents of Charles : " Of these the false Achitophel was first, A name to...Restless, unfixed in principles and place, In power nnpleased, impatient of 1 1 Spence's Anecdotes, on Pope's authority, p. 112. 1 See pp. 175-6, and 288...

...high; Strong bands, if bands ungrateful men could tie. Of these the false Achitophel was first, 150 A name to all succeeding ages curst : For close designs...place, In power unpleased, impatient of disgrace; 155 A fiery soul, which working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay And o'er-informed the...

...high; Strong bands, if bands ungrateful men could tie. Of these the false Achitophel was first, 150 A name to all succeeding ages curst: For close designs...and place, In power unpleased, impatient of disgrace ; 155 A fiery soul, which working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay And o'er-informed the...

...judgment, in extremes; « So over-violent, or over-civil, That every man with him was God or devil. For close designs and crooked counsels fit, Sagacious,...Restless, unfixed in principles and place, In power nnpleased, impatient of disgrace ; A fiery soul, which working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body...

...accurate notion of Shaftesbury 's bodily proportions is conveyed by Dryden's nervous couplet : — ' A fiery soul, which working out its way, ' Fretted...to decay, And o'er-informed the tenement of clay." He took after his mother and maternal grandfather in these respects. ' Sir Anthony Ashley was of great...

...accurate notion of Shaftesbury 's bodily proportions is conveyed by Dryden's nervous couplet : — ' A fiery soul, which working out its way, Fretted the...to decay, And o'er-informed the tenement of clay.' He took after his mother and maternal grandfather in these respects. ' Sir Anthony Ashley was of great...