 | 1847 - 724 Seiten
...and active ; but from the life he led, he early showed symptoms of premature old age. ' A fiery eoul which working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay, And o'er-inforra'd the tenement of clay.' " We must conclude by some passages from the life of Lord Chancellor... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 Seiten
...eulogise. _ [Character of Sliaftabury.] [From ' Absalom and Achitophel. "] Of these the false Achitophel fs 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... | |
 | Bengal council of educ - 1848 - 394 Seiten
...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... | |
 | 1848 - 556 Seiten
...and corporeal energy that it conjured up in himself. Dryden says of Achitophel that his fiery soul Fretted the pigmy body to decay, And o'er-informed the tenement of clay, but it seemed as if the lively body of Pecchio vivified his mind, enabling him by his elaborate workmanship... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1849 - 708 Seiten
...Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit ; Restless, unfix'd in principles and place,; In power unpleas'd, the true be dead. Of all the roses grafted on her...checks, Of all the graces dancing in her eyes, Of o'er-inforni'd the tenement of clay. A daring pilot in extremity ; Pleas'd with the danger when the... | |
 | 1893 - 688 Seiten
...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... | |
 | 1874 - 714 Seiten
...Absalom and Achitophel, in the portrait of Lord Shaftesbury : — " A fiery soul, which working out ite way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay, And o'er-informed the tenement of clay." JWW SKATING LITERATURE (5th S. ii. 10V.)— There is a thin 4to. pamphlet, 16 pp., not included in... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1850 - 710 Seiten
...eulogise. [Character of Sitaflcfbvry.'] [From ' Abmlom and AchitopheL*] Of these the false Achitophel the race Of Shakspeare's mind and manners brightly...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... | |
 | 1850 - 488 Seiten
...was a warrior no less bold than his stalwart opponent Gustavus. In many a case, has The fiery spirit working out its way Fretted the pigmy body to decay, And o'erinformed the tenement of clay. Occasionally the author is so far wrong in his etymologies as to excite distrust in the case of those... | |
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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, unfixed in principles and place; In power unpleased, impatient of disgrace. A... 
