 | Samuel Butler - 1812 - 876 páginas
...his character in his Poem of Absolom and Achitophel with great strength and force of colouring : " Of these the false Achitophel was first; A name to...succeeding ages curst, For close designs, and crooked cotmseli fit; Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit: Restless, unfix'd in principle and place; In power... | |
 | Arthur Collins, Sir Egerton Brydges - 1812 - 828 páginas
...The memorable verses1 Which satirize him, cannot be forgot. " For close designs and crooked councils fit, Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit : Restless, unfix'd in principles and place ; In power unpleas'd, impatient in disgrace; A fiery soul, which, working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body... | |
 | Arthur Collins - 1812 - 824 páginas
...memorable verses, which satiri2e him, cannot be forgot. s " For close designs and crooked councils fit, Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit : Restless, unfix'd in principles and place ; In power unpleas'd, impatient in disgrace; A fiery soul. which, working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 536 páginas
...of the noble author of the ' Characteristics.'* From his character in the ' Eiographia Britannica,' which is one continued panegyric, Macpherson and Dalrymple...A fiery soul which, working out it's way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay, And o'er-inform'd the tenement of clay. A daring pilot in extremity : Pleased... | |
 | Lewis Innes, Thomas Innes, James Stanier Clarke, James II (King of England) - 1816 - 838 páginas
...to the Character of Lord Shqftsbury, the leading Enemy of CHARLES THE SECOND. (Vol. ix. p. 222.) " For close designs, and crooked Counsels fit, Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit. In Friendship false, implacable in hate, Resolved to ruin or to rule the State." " The Earl of Shaftesbury,"... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1819 - 584 páginas
...character in his Poem of Absolom and Achitophel, with great strength and force of colouring: — " Of these the false Achitophel was first; A name to...Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit: Restless, unfix'd in principle and place ; HUDtBRAS. A fiery soul, which, working out its way, > Fretted the pigmy body... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 410 páginas
...throne, Were rais'd in power and public office high ; Strong bands, if bands ungrateful men could tie. Of these the false Achitophel was first, A name to all succeeding ages curs'd ; For close designs and crooked counsels fit, Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit ; Restless,... | |
 | Eaton Stannard Barrett - 1819 - 136 páginas
...Lit. Reg. 3. GLENARVON ! ! ! The 4th Edition, with a Preface and a new Introduction, 3 vols. 11.4s. A name to all succeeding ages curst. For close designs and crooked councils fit ; Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit ; Restless, unfixed in principles and place, In... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1821 - 474 páginas
...VII. 6 Were raised in power and public office high ; Strong bands, if bands ungrateful men could tie. Of these the false Achitophel* was first ; A name...impatient of disgrace ; A fiery soul, which, working out its way, ") Fretted the pigmy body to decay, VAnd o'er-inform'd the tenement of clay. J A daring pilot... | |
 | 1821 - 800 páginas
...of Lord Shaftesbury. " A name to all succeeding ages cursed ; For close designs and crooked councils fit, Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit ; Restless,...impatient of disgrace ; A fiery soul, which, working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay. Great wits are sure to madness near allied, And thin partitions... | |
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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, In power unpleased, impatient of disgrace ; A fiery... 
