 | Mrs. A. T. Thomson - 1862 - 346 pages
...appearance of candour which heightens the bitter satire so wonderfully conveyed in these lines : — ' 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. Bestless, unfix'd in principles and place, In... | |
 | William Francis Collier - 1862 - 678 pages
...painters and decorators of the literary guild. CHARACTER OF SHAFTESBURY. (FROM "ABSALOM AND ACHITOPHEL.") 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 ; 242 SPECIMENS OF DRYDEN's VERSE. Restless, unfixed... | |
 | William Francis Collier - 1862 - 550 pages
...and decorators of the literary guild. CHARACTER OF SHAFTESBURY. (FROM "ABSALOM AND ACHITOPIIEI..") 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 ; 16 Restless, unfixed in principles and place... | |
 | Archibald Hamilton Bryce - 1862 - 344 pages
...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...succeeding ages curst: For close designs and crooked counsels fit, Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit: Restless, unfixed in principles and place; In... | |
 | Thomas Arnold - 1862 - 452 pages
...importance of the persons represented. Shaftesbury is thus described : — " Of these the false Ahitophel 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... | |
 | Mrs. A. T. Thomson - 1862 - 356 pages
...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 succeeding ages curst, _ . . For close designs, and crooked counsels fit, Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit. Restless,... | |
 | English poets - 1862 - 626 pages
...interred with great pomp in Westminster Abbey. FROM "ABSALOM AND ACHITOPHEL." CHARACTER OP SHAFTESBURY. OP 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 ; •... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, sir William Smith - 1864 - 554 pages
...she join'd the other two. FROM 'ABSALOM AND ACHITOFHEL.' 149. CHARACTER OF SHAFTESBDRY (ACHITOPHEL). 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, unfixed in principles and place ; In... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1865 - 252 pages
...Achitophel was first ; A name to all sxicceeding ages curst : 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.... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1866 - 442 pages
...than I can gently. 2. Charles I°r. — 3. Le duc de Monmouth. 4. Le comte de Shaftesbury. Of these 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, unfix'd in principles and place; In... | |
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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... 
