 | David Masson - 1856 - 494 Seiten
...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 all...counsels fit ; Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit ; Bestless, unfix'd in principles and place ; In power unpleased, impatient of disgrace ; A fiery soul,... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1857 - 428 Seiten
...of means bereft, He left not faction, but of that was left. DRYDEN. 37. CHARACTER OP SHAFTESBURY. OF these the false Achitophel was first, A name to all...Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit ; Restless, unfixed in principles and place, In power unpleased, impatient of disgrace ; A fiery soul which working... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1858 - 594 Seiten
...divide the crown: He rais'da mortal to the skies; She drew an angel down. CHARACTER OF SHAFTESBURY. i Of these the false Achitophel was first ; A name to all...Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit ; Restless, unflx'd in principles and place ; In power unpleas'd, impatient of disgrace : A fiery soul, which,... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1859 - 512 Seiten
...close designs and crooked counsels fit ; Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit ; Restless, unfixed in principles and place ; In power unpleased, impatient...its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay, And o'er informed4 the tenement of clay. A daring pilot in extremity ; Pleased with the danger when the waves... | |
 | Archibald Hamilton Bryce - 1862 - 344 Seiten
...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 all...fit, Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit: Restless, unfixed in principles and place; In power unpleased, impatient of disgrace; A fiery soul, which working... | |
 | William Francis Collier - 1862 - 678 Seiten
...and decorators of the literary guild. CHARACTER OF SHAFTESBURY. (FROM "ABSALOM AND ACHITOPHEL.") Of these the false Achitophel was first ; A name to all...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 Seiten
...appearance of candour which heightens the bitter satire so wonderfully conveyed in these lines : — ' Of these the false Achitophel was first, A name to all...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 Seiten
...and decorators of the literary guild. CHARACTER OF SHAFTESBURY. (FROM "ABSALOM AND ACHITOPIIEI..") Of these the false Achitophel was first ; A name to all...counsels fit ; Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit ; 16 Restless, unfixed in principles and place ; In power unpleased, impatient of disgrace : A fiery... | |
 | Thomas Arnold - 1862 - 452 Seiten
...importance of the persons represented. Shaftesbury is thus described : — " Of these the false Ahitophel was first, A name to all succeeding ages curst : For...Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit ; Restless, unfixed in principles and place ; In power unpleased, impatient of disgrace ; A fiery soul, which working... | |
 | Mrs. A. T. Thomson - 1862 - 356 Seiten
...these lines : — ' Of these the false Achitophel was first, A name to all succeeding ages curst, _ . . For close designs, and crooked counsels fit, Sagacious,...Restless, unfix'd in principles and place, In power unplcascd, impatient of disgrace ; A fiery soul, which, working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body... | |
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Of these the false Achitophel was first, A name to all succeeding ages cursed; For close designs and crooked counsels fit, Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit; Restless, unfix'd in principles and place, In power unpleased, impatient of disgrace; A fiery... 
