...famous Cabal in the reign of Charles the Second, and the " Achitophel " of Dryden's immortal poem. For close designs and crooked counsels fit ; Sagacious,...out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay, And o'er-informed the tenement of clay, &c. Arlington House was pulled down by the no less celebrated John...

...Achitophel was first, A name to all succeeding ages curst ; For close designs and crooked councils fit. Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit; Restless,...power unpleased, impatient of disgrace ; A fiery soul, that working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay, And o'er-informed the tenement of clay.''...

...bold, and turbulent of wit ; Restless, unfix'd in principles and place ; In power unplcaVd, impnticnt And heavenly joys inspire. The song began from Jove, Who left his blissful seats above, Suc o'er-inform'd the tenement of clay. A daring pilot in extremity ; Pleas'd with the danger when the...

...young, strong and active ; but from the life he led, he early showed symptoms of premature old age. ' A fiery soul which working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay, And o'er-mform'd the tenement of clay.' " We must conclude by some passages from the life of Lord Chancellor...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...Abmlom and AchitopheL*] Of these the false Achitophel was first ; A name to all succeeding ages curst : ihine* In his well turned and true filed 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...