...him the seditious mover and soul of the rebel party. Thus DHYDEN : ' Of these the false Acbitopbel 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 ;...

...throne, Were rais'd in pow'r 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 curs'd: For close designs, and crooked counsels fit; Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit ; Restless,...

...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 curst : * A sneer at the doctrine of transubstantiation, which our author afterwards attempted to defend....

...DM,1700.] CHARACTER OF SHAITESBÜRY. FROM " ABSALOM AND ACUITOPHEL." OF these the false Achitophcl 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 ;...

...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...succeeding ages curst ; For close designs and crooked counsels fit ; Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit ; Restless, unfix'd in principles and place ;...

...circumstances that occasioned Dryden's poem 'Absalom and Achitophel.' To whom are the lines commencing, ' Of these the false Achitophel was first, A name to all succeeding ages curst,' meant to apply ? Sketch his character. 7. ' Jeffreys made all the charters, like the walls of Jericho,...

...will, of means bereft, He left not faction, but of that was left. DRYDEN. 37. CHARACTER OP 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...

...be altered or retained at the option of the Candidate :— For close designs and crooked counsels^, Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit ; Restless,...place, In power unpleased, impatient of disgrace ; A daring pilot in extremity; . Pleased with the danger when the waves ran high, He sought the storm ;...

...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, unhx'd in principles and place, In power unp/eas'd, impatient of disgrace ; A fiery toui, that working...

...throne, Were rais'd in power and puhlic offiee high ( Strong hands, if hands ungrateful men could lie. he false Achitophel was first ;* A name to all succeeding ages curst : For close designs, and erooked counsels fit ; Sagacious, hold, and turhulent of wit ; Restless, unfix'd in principles and...