...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 ; In power nnpleas'd, impatient of disgrace; — ' ' In friendship...

...at the doctrine of transubstantiation, which our author afterwards attempted to defend. — SCOTT. For close designs and crooked counsels fit ; Sagacious,...unpleased, impatient of disgrace ; A fiery soul, which worketh out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay, And o'er-informed the tenement of clay. A daring...

...tenant within. The famous lines of Dryden might be happily applied to the Earl of Peterborough: — A fiery soul, which, working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay, And o'er informed the tenement of clay. His face, judging from the print in Dr. Birch's Lives, was thin...

...tenant within. The famous lines of Dryden might be happily applied to the Earl of Peterborough: — A fiery soul, which, working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay, And o'er informed the tenement of clay. His face, judging from the print in Dr. Birch's Lives, was thin...

...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, unfix'd in principles and place ; In power unpleased, impatient of disgrace : A fiery soul, which,...

...close designs, and crooked counsels fit ; Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit ; Restless, unfix'd in principles and place; In power unpleased, impatient...disgrace : A fiery soul, which, working out its way, - T \, \y Fretted the pigmy body to decay, ^ ** And o'er-inform'd the tenement of clay. A daring pilot...

...his tragedy of Flaura and Marcus, the first appearance of the regular drama in England. CHAPTER V. For close designs and crooked counsels fit Sagacious,...bold, and turbulent of wit ; Restless, unfixed in principle and place, In power unpleased, impatient in disgrace. THOMAS A BECEET had risen rapidly in...

...an end to the dilemma : " Sir J&iue* Tumei muni give bis parol^ cr be liiij ill intita" CHAPTER XII For close designs and crooked counsels fit. Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit, Restless, unfix'd in principle and place, In power unpleased, impatient in disgrace. Absalom and AchitopkelTHE...

...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,...out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay; And o'er-informed the tenement of clay. (Extract) If John Dryden had a reader in mind when writing that...

...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,...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, when the...