...in a spot of ground. The Flower and the Leaf. STATESMEN OF THE XVII. CENTURY. (Earl of Shaftesbury.) 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,...

...drawing, from the historical importance of the persons represented. Shaftesbury is thus described : — Of these the false Achitophel was first, A name to...counsels fit, Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit ; Here follow the lines given above at page 253 ; after which the poet proceeds : — A daring pilot...

...drawing, from the historical importance of the persons represented. Shaftesbury is thus described : — Of these the false Achitophel was first, '••'...counsels fit, Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit ; Here follow the lines given above at page 253 ; after which the poet proceeds : — A daring pilot...

...22 quently made aware of the painful conditions under which his duties were performed. His was — "A fiery soul, which, working out its way, Fretted...to decay, And o'er-informed the tenement of clay." And, now, Mr. President, in the hurried march of events in this Chamber, the scene of busy government,...

...here given as an illustration (though, of course, a very inadequate one) of the foregoing lines: — ' Of these the false Achitophel was first, A name to...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, wben the...

...of wit, IRestless, unfixed in principles and place, In power unpleased, impatient of disgrace; 155 A fiery soul, which working out its way, Fretted the...Pleased with the danger, when the waves went high, 160 .He sought the storms; but, for a calm unfit, (Would steer too nigh the sands t» boast his wit....

...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; Eestless, unfixed in principles and place; In power unpleased, impatient of disgrace ; A fiery soul,...

...gracefully." I cannot illustrate my meaning better than by quoting an example : — " Of those tho false Achitophel was first A name to all succeeding...Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit— Restless, unfixed iu principles and place, In power unpleased, impatient of discraco ; A fiery soul which working out...

...men could tie. Of these the false Achitophel was first, 150 A name to all succeeding ages cTirst : For close designs and crooked counsels fit, Sagacious,...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...

...close designs, and crooked counsels fit; Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit ; Restless, unfix'd in principles and place; In power unpleased, impatient...out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay, And o'er-inform'd the tenement of clay. A daring pilot in extremity; Pleased with the danger, when the...