 | Dante Alighieri - 1867 - 438 Seiten
...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...to decay, And o'er inform'd the tenement of clay." Then he puts into the mouth of Achitophel the following description of Absalom : — " Auspicious prince,... | |
 | Dante Alighieri - 1867 - 780 Seiten
...of Absalom and Athitopiicli gives this portrait of the latter : — " Of these the false Achitophcl was first ; A name to all succeeding ages curst :...Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit ; Restless, unftx'd in principles and place ; In power unpleas'd, impatient of disgrace : A fiery soul, which,... | |
 | John Dryden - 1867 - 556 Seiten
...lie gives a remarkable instance. Having dined at Lord Clarendon's with Lord Southampton, liu said, Restless, unfix'd in principles and place ; In power...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... | |
 | Henry Allon - 1854 - 622 Seiten
...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 all...fit; Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit; Restless, unfixed in principles and place; In power unpleased, impatient of disgrace; A fiery soul, which worketh... | |
 | William Davis (B.A.) - 1869 - 200 Seiten
...Eternal Paraclete, to Thee ! THE CHARACTER OF THE EARL OF SHAFTESBURY DELINEATED AS ACHITOPHEL. 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,... | |
 | Archibald Hamilton Bryce - 1869 - 344 Seiten
...figured in Hoamouth's Rebellion, 1685. Absalom is Monmouth; and Achitophel, the Earl of Shaftesbury. OF these, the false Achitophel was first ; A name to...Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit : Restless, unfixed in principles and place ; In power unpleased, impatient of disgrace ; A fiery soul, which working... | |
 | sir William Smith - 1869 - 382 Seiten
...join'd the other two. 112. From 'ABSALOM AND ACHITOPHEL.' CHARACTER OF SHAFTESBURY (ACHITOPHEL,. Of these the false Achitophel was first ; A name to all...counsels fit, Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit : 5 Restless, unfixed in principles and place ; In power unpleased, impatient of disgrace, A fiery... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, William Smith - 1869 - 420 Seiten
...For close designs and crooked coun«?ls 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 informed its tenement of clay: A daring pilot in extremity; Pleased with the danger, when the waves... | |
 | Dante Alighieri - 1871 - 438 Seiten
...only." Dryden, in his poem of Absalom and Acbitofhel, gives this portrait of the latter : — " Of these the false Achitophel was first ; A name to all...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... | |
 | Dante Alighieri - 1870 - 486 Seiten
...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 all...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... | |
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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... 
