 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1847 - 678 pages
...having passed under the wriset'i own eve. THE MILITARY CAREER OF THE CELEBRATED EARL OF PETERBOROUGH. " A fiery soul, which, working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay, And o'er-inform'd the tenement of clay." CHARLES MOHDAUNT, Earl of Peterborough, was one of the most remarkable... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1847 - 674 pages
...true, having passed under the writer's THE MILITARY CAREER OF THE CELEBRATED EARL OF PETERBOROUGH. " A fiery soul, which, working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay, \nd o'er-inform'd the tenement of clay." CHARLES MOHDAUNT, Earl of Peterborough, was one of the most... | |
 | 1847 - 724 pages
...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... | |
 | Bengal council of educ - 1848 - 394 pages
...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... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1849 - 708 pages
...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 pages
...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... | |
 | 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...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... | |
 | Charles Kingsley - 1850 - 400 pages
...ill-health were upon him; and his sallow cheek, and ever-working lip, proclaimed too surely — The fiery soul which, working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay ; And o'er informed the tenement of clay. I longed to open my heart to him. Instinctively I felt that he... | |
 | 1981 - 532 pages
...have been required to teach to students training to be high-school teachers: ABSALOM AND ACHITOPHEL 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,... | |
 | Robert Atwan, Laurance Wieder - 1993 - 514 pages
...throne; 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 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 counsels fit, Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit, Restless, unfixed in principles and place, In power unpleased, impatient of disgrace ; A... 
