 | 1714 - 528 sider
...Reftlcfs, unfixt in Principles and Place; In Pow'r unpleas'd, impatient of Difgrace : A firy Soul, which, working out its Way, > Fretted the Pigmy Body to Decay, \ And o'erinforrn'd the Tenement of Clay. J A daring Pilot in Extremity ; Pleas'd with the Danger, when the... | |
 | Joseph Grove - 1764 - 506 sider
...Counfels fit; Sagacious, bold, and turbulent cf wit : Reftlefs, unfixt in principles and place; In pow'r unpleas'd, impatient of difgrace. A fiery foul, which working out its way, -j Fretted the pigmy-body to decay; f. And o'er inform'd the tenement cf clay. i A daring pilot in... | |
 | John Dryden - 1773 - 260 sider
...counfels fit; .Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit ; Reftlefs, unfix'd in principles and place; In pow'r unpleas'd, impatient of difgrace : A fiery foul, which,...out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay, And o'er-inform'd the tenement of clay. A daring pilot in extremity ; Pleas'd with the danger, when the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 338 sider
...ungrateful men could tie. Of thefe the falfe Achitophel was firft ; A name to all fucceeding ages curft : For clofe defigns, and crooked counfels fit ; Sagacious...fiery foul, which, working out its way, Fretted the pigmy-body to decay, And o'er-inform'd the tenement of clay. A daring pilot in extremity ; Pleas'd... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 336 sider
...firft ; A name to all fucceeding ages curft : For clofe defigns, and crooked counfels fit ; Sagaciou?, bold, and turbulent of wit; Reftlefs, unfix'd in principles...fiery foul, which, working out its way, Fretted the pigmy-body to decay, And o'er-inform'd the tenement of clay. A daring pilot in extremity ; Pleas'd... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1791 - 510 sider
...curft : Forclofe defigns and crooked counfels fit; Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of «it ; Rcftltfs, unfix'd in principles and place ; In power unpleas'd,...out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay, And o'cr-inform'd the tenement of clav. Adw Youth, beauty, graceful aftion, K But common int'rcft always... | |
 | 1793 - 806 sider
...Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit; Reftlcfs, unfii'd in principles and place ; In power unplca.-'d, impatient of difgrace: A fiery foul, which working out its way, Fretted the pigmy-body to decay. And o'er inform'd the tenement of clay. A daring pilot in extremity; [high, Pleas'd... | |
 | William Seward - 1796 - 430 sider
...more clean; Unbrib'd, unfoifght, the wretched to icdrcfs, Sv/ift of difpatch, and eafy of accefi. F 3 Yet in another place he calls him, For clofe defigns...its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay, And o'er inform'd the tenement of clay. Abfalom and Acbitopbel. Lord Shaftefbury was, perhaps, one of the ableft... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 658 sider
...turbulent of wit ; Refllefs, unfix'd in principles and place ; In power unpleas'd, impatient of dif^racc : And b o'er-inform'd the tenement of clay. A daring pilot in extremity; Plcas'd wit!i the dancer when the... | |
 | 1801 - 416 sider
...Kestless, unrtx'd in principles and place, In pow'r unpleas'd, impatient of disgrace: A fiery soul, which, working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay, And oVi'-iiiform'd the tenement of clay. A daring pilot in extremity; r& Pleas'd with the danger, when... | |
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A fiery soul, which, working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay, And o'er-informed the tenement of clay... 
