...were upon him; and his sallow cheek, and ever-working lip, proclaimed too surely— The fiery sonl which, working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay; And o'er informed the tenement of clay. I longed to open my heart to him. Instinctively I felt that he...

...Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit ; Restless, unfixed in principles and place, In power unpleased, impatient of disgrace ; A fiery soul which working...body to decay, And o'erinformed the tenement of clay. A daring pilot in extremity, Pleased with the danger when the waves went high He sought the storms,...

...was beating quicker with the mighty events which were passing, was torture to a mind like his : — ' A fiery soul, which, working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay, And o'er-informed its tenement of clay.' The glorious battle-ground from which he was kept back rendered doubly irksome...

...Sagacious, hold, and turhulent of wit ; Restless, unfix'd in principles and place ; In power unpleos'd, impatient of disgrace : A fiery soul, which, working out its way, Fretted the pigmy hody to decay, And o'er-inform'd the tenement of clay. A daring pilot in extremity ; [high Pleas'd...

...increased upon him. The sword was fast wearing out the sheath. " The flery spirit, working ont its wsy, Fretted the pigmy body to decay, And o'erinformed the tenement of clay." The 7th of May was his last day on earth. " It will soon be over," said he ; " I have now no power...

...lines are quoted, how truly are insane workings portrayed in the character of "the false Achitopel : " A fiery soul, which, working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay, And o'er inform' d the tenements of clay. * • Absolom and Achitopel. This character of Shaftesbury, (Achitopel,)...

...Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit: Restless, unfixed in principles and place; In power unpleased, impatient of disgrace; A fiery soul, which working...Fretted the pigmy body to decay, And o'er-informed its tenement of clay. A daring pilot in extremity; Pleased with the danger, when the waves went high...

...Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit ; Restless, unfixed in principles and place ; In power unpleased, impatient of disgrace ; A fiery soul, which working out its way Fretted the pigmy body to decay, And o'er informed the tenement of clay. ***** Great wits are sure to madness near allied, And thin partitions...

...Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit. Bestless, unfix'd in principles and place, In power unpleased, impatient of disgrace ; A fiery soul, 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 ; Pleased with the dangers when the...

...While glancing at the ill health of his body, Dryden elaborates on the wit and ambition of his mind: A fiery Soul, which working out its way, Fretted the Pigmy Body to decay: And o'r inform'd the Tenement of Clay. A daring Pilot in extremity; Pleas 'd with the Danger, when the...