 | 1821 - 800 стор.
...turbulent of wit ; Restless, 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. Great wits are sure to madness near allied, And thin partitions do their bonds divide ; Else why should... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1821 - 474 стор.
...turbulent of wit ; Restless, 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, VAnd o'er-inform'd the tenement of clay. J A daring pilot in extremity, Pleased with the danger, when... | |
 | 1822 - 314 стор.
...turbulent of wit; Restless, 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 danger, when... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1822 - 496 стор.
...turbulent of wit : Restless, unlix'd in principle and place ; In power unpleas'd, 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 ; Pleas'd with the danger,... | |
 | 1902 - 742 стор.
...turbulent of wit. Restless, unfixed in principles and place, In power impleased, 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." IT is to the first Earl of Shaftesbury, Dryden's Achitophel,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 стор.
...turbulent of wit; Restless, unfix'd in principles and place ; In power unplcae'd, impatient of disgrace : or where : Warn'd by the sylph, oh, pious maid, beware! This to disclose And o'er inform' d the tenement of clay. A daring pilot in extremity ; Pleas'd with the danger when... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - 1824 - 406 стор.
...turbulent of wit; Restless, unfiVd 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; [high, Pleased with the danger,... | |
 | 1826 - 344 стор.
...and vigour that belong to health. But, the excitement over, his frame sunk beneath the effort, — " A fiery soul, which, working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body ^o ducay, And o'er-iufonnM the tenement of clay." Hail ! and farewell ! KT D G. STAGE DIRECTIONS. The... | |
 | 1829 - 560 стор.
...Stagnelius, whom he also resembled in many circumstances of external life. The restlessness of his temper, the constant struggle of a gigantic mind with...sentiment, feeling, and ideas. The lyrical poet stands in no need of history or of practical life in order to produce effect; he draws from his own sources,... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 стор.
...people trust, Well may the baser brass contract a rust. [From Absalom and Achitophel.] THE WIT. A FIBBY soul, which, working 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... | |
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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... 
