 | Charles Kingsley - 1856 - 328 strani
...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... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1857 - 428 strani
...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,... | |
 | 1857 - 640 strani
...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... | |
 | John Dryden - 1859 - 480 strani
...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... | |
 | rev Andrew Cameron - 1860 - 586 strani
...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... | |
 | John Timbs - 1861 - 340 strani
...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,)... | |
 | Archibald Hamilton Bryce - 1862 - 344 strani
...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... | |
 | Thomas Arnold - 1862 - 452 strani
...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... | |
 | Mrs. A. T. Thomson - 1862 - 346 strani
...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... | |
 | W. Thomas - 1978 - 248 strani
...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... | |
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He sought the storms; but, for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit. 
