 | Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 290 pages
...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...Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit ; Restless, unfix'd in principles and place, Inpower unpleas'd, impatient of disgrace ; A fiery soul, that working... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 410 pages
...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...Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit ; Restless, unfix 'd in principles and place, In power unpleas'd, impatient of disgrace ; A fiery soul, that working... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1847 - 478 pages
...the Second, and the " Achitophel " of Dryden's immortal poem. For close designs and crooked counsels fit ; Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit ; Restless,...power unpleased, impatient of disgrace ; A fiery soul, which, working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay, And o'er-informed the tenement of clay,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 pages
...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... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 pages
...eulogise. [Character of Shnftafou.ry.'] [From ' Absalom and Achitophel.'] Of these the false Achitophel wan @ counsels fit ; Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit ; Restless, unfix'd in principles and place ;... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1850 - 556 pages
...Charles the Second, and the " Achitophel " of Dryden's poem : — For close designs, and crooked counsels fit . Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit ; Restless,...power unpleased, impatient of disgrace . A fiery soul, which, working out its way, Fretted the pigmy-body to decay, And o'er-informed the tenement of clay.... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1850 - 710 pages
...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...and manners brightly ihine* In his well turned an counsels fit ; Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit ; Restless, unfix'd in principles and place; In... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 594 pages
...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...succeeding ages curst: For close designs and crooked counsels fit; Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit ; Restless, unfix'd in principles and place ; In... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 602 pages
...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...succeeding ages curst: For close designs and crooked counsels fit; Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit ; Restless, unfix'd in principles and place ; In... | |
 | George Van Santvoord - 1851 - 380 pages
...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,... | |
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Of these the false Achitophel was first; 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 power unpleased, impatient of disgrace: A fiery... 
