| 1847 - 608 páginas
...Restless, unfixed in principles and place, In 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.'' Much of Swift has this character of direct downright earnest assertion of bad or good qualities. Burke's... | |
| 1847 - 726 páginas
...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... | |
| Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1847 - 678 páginas
...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 páginas
...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 - 712 páginas
...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 páginas
...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... | |
| 1848 - 556 páginas
...and corporeal energy that it conjured up in himself. Dryden says of Achitophel that his fiery soul Fretted the pigmy body to decay, And o'er-informed the tenement of clay, but it seemed as if the lively body of Pecchio vivified his mind, enabling him by his elaborate workmanship... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1849 - 710 páginas
...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 páginas
...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... | |
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