 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, 7° In power unpleased, impatient of disgrace;...  History of English Literature - الصفحة 53بواسطة Hippolyte Taine - 1883عرض كامل - لمحة عن هذا الكتاب
 | Robert Chambers - 1847 - عدد الصفحات: 712
...verse it would be vain to eulogise. _ [Character of Sliaftabury.] [From ' Absalom and Achitophel. "] present deity, the vaulted roofs rebound : With ravish'd ears The monarch hears, Assumes the god ami crooked counsels fit ; Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit ; Restless, unfix'd in principles... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1847 - عدد الصفحات: 674
...true, having passed under the writer's THE MILITARY CAREER OF THE CELEBRATED EARL OF PETERBOROUGH. " A fiery soul, which, working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay, \nd o'er-inform'd the tenement of clay." CHARLES MOHDAUNT, Earl of Peterborough, was one of the most... | |
 | Bengal council of educ - 1848 - عدد الصفحات: 394
...Hecate ? Why is she called triple Hecate f What is meant by her team ? Dryden's Absalom and Achitophel. A fiery soul, which working out its way") Fretted the pigmy body to decay L And o'er-informed the tenement of clay; I A daring pilot in extremity ; Pleased with the danger when... | |
 | 1893 - عدد الصفحات: 688
...meaning to a Czech, and hence it was found necessary to add the vernacular vuz to explain what it meant. A fiery soul which, working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay. Dryden. And his own thoughts along that rugged way Pursued like raging hound«, their father and their... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1850 - عدد الصفحات: 710
...his verse it would be vain to eulogise. [Character of Sitaflcfbvry.'] [From ' Abmlom and AchitopheL*] e Lives in his issue, even so the race Of Shakspeare's...lines : In each of which he seems to shake a lance, unfix'd in principles and place; In power unplciuiM, impatient of disgrace: A fiery soul, which, working... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - عدد الصفحات: 594
...divide the crown: He rais'da mortal to the skies; She drew an angel down. CHARACTER 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 uupleas'd, impatient of disgrace : A fiery soul, which,... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - عدد الصفحات: 602
...divide the crown: He rais'da mortal to the skies; She drew an angel down. CHARACTER 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 uupleas'd, impatient of disgrace : A fiery soul, which,... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1851 - عدد الصفحات: 480
...talents, and who, as a statesman, is one of the most extraordinary characters in English history : u For close designs and crooked counsels fit, Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit ; Restless, unfix'd in principles and place ; In power unpleaVd impatient of disgrace : A daring pilot in extremity,... | |
 | George Van Santvoord - 1851 - عدد الصفحات: 380
...under the name of Achitophel, in a satire that will last as long as the English language is spoken : " 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,... | |
 | 1852 - عدد الصفحات: 454
...him the seditious mover and soul of the rebel party. Thus DHYDEN : ' Of these the false Acbitopbel was first; A name to all succeeding ages curst : For...; Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit; Restless, unfix 'd in principles and place ; In power nnpleas'd, impatient of disgrace; — ' ' In friendship... | |
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