 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...  The English Poets: Selections - Page 450edited by - 1880Full view - About this book
 | Anthologia Anglica - 1873 - 512 pages
...in a spot of ground. The Flower and the Leaf. STATESMEN OF THE XVII. CENTURY. (Earl 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 unpleased, impatient of disgrace : A fiery soul, which,... | |
 | Thomas Arnold - 1873 - 590 pages
...drawing, from the historical importance of the persons represented. Shaftesbury is thus described : — Of these the false Achitophel was first, A name to...counsels fit, Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit ; Here follow the lines given above at page 253 ; after which the poet proceeds : — A daring pilot... | |
 | Thomas Arnold - 1873 - 622 pages
...drawing, from the historical importance of the persons represented. Shaftesbury is thus described : — Of these the false Achitophel was first, '••'...counsels fit, Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit ; Here follow the lines given above at page 253 ; after which the poet proceeds : — A daring pilot... | |
 | United States. 42d Cong., 3d sess., 1872-1873 - 1873 - 60 pages
...22 quently made aware of the painful conditions under which his duties were performed. His was — "A fiery soul, which, working out its way, Fretted...to decay, And o'er-informed the tenement of clay." And, now, Mr. President, in the hurried march of events in this Chamber, the scene of busy government,... | |
 | Austin Dobson - 1874 - 332 pages
...here given as an illustration (though, of course, a very inadequate one) of the foregoing lines: — ' Of these the false Achitophel was first, A name to...working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay And o'er- informed the tenement of clay. A daring pilot in extremity, Pleased with the danger, wben the... | |
 | John Dryden - 1874 - 376 pages
...of wit, IRestless, unfixed in principles and place, In power unpleased, impatient of disgrace; 155 A fiery soul, which working out its way, Fretted the...Pleased with the danger, when the waves went high, 160 .He sought the storms; but, for a calm unfit, (Would steer too nigh the sands t» boast his wit.... | |
 | David Masson - 1874 - 400 pages
...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...counsels fit; Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit; Eestless, unfixed in principles and place; In power unpleased, impatient of disgrace ; A fiery soul,... | |
 | Marlborough coll - 1874 - 864 pages
...gracefully." I cannot illustrate my meaning better than by quoting an example : — " Of those tho false Achitophel was first A name to all succeeding...Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit— Restless, unfixed iu principles and place, In power unpleased, impatient of discraco ; A fiery soul which working out... | |
 | John Dryden - 1874 - 388 pages
...men could tie. Of these the false Achitophel was first, 150 A name to all succeeding ages cTirst : For close designs and crooked counsels fit, Sagacious,...place, In power unpleased, impatient of disgrace; 155 A fiery soul, which working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay And o'er-informed the... | |
 | John Dryden - 1874 - 740 pages
...close designs, and crooked counsels fit; Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit ; Restless, unfix'd in principles and place; In power unpleased, impatient...out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay, And o'er-inform'd the tenement of clay. A daring pilot in extremity; Pleased with the danger, when the... | |
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