 | 1714 - 528 pages
...Wit : 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,... | |
 | 1801 - 416 pages
...turbulent of wit ; 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... | |
 | John Dryden - 1808 - 382 pages
...turbulent of wit ; Restless, imfiv'd hi 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 o'er-infornTd tbe tenement of clay. A daring pilot in extremity; Pleas'd witli the danger, when... | |
 | Daniel Defoe, George Carleton - 1808 - 516 pages
...restless tenant within. The famous lines of Dryden might be happily applied to the Earl of Peterborough : A fiery soul, which, working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay, :. ' And o'er informed the tenement of clay. , : ... . • , . His face, judging from the print in... | |
 | Arthur Collins - 1812 - 824 pages
...turbulent of wit : Restless, unfix'd in principles and place ; In power unpleas'd, impatient in disgrace; A fiery soul. which, working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay; And o'er-intbrm'd the tenement of clay. A daring pilot in extremity; Pleased with the danger, when... | |
 | Arthur Collins, Sir Egerton Brydges - 1812 - 828 pages
...turbulent of wit : Restless, unfix'd in principles and place ; In power unpleas'd, impatient in 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... | |
 | Thomas Bayly Howell - 1816 - 714 pages
...turbulent of wit ; Restless, unfix' d in principles and place, In pnw'r unpleas'd, impatient of disgrace: A fiery soul, which, working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay, ЛяЛ o'er- in Гиг m'dt lie lestement of clay. variety of opinions concerning treason, and there... | |
 | 1831 - 602 pages
...his (Vitalis) temper, the constant struggle of a gigantic mind with a weak and feeble frame — • A fiery soul which, working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay'— his eager longing for the liberation of the spirit from the trammels of earthly cares and sufferings,... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1819 - 584 pages
...counsels fit; Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit: Restless, unfix'd in principle and place ; HUDtBRAS. 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, when... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 410 pages
...turbulent of wit ; Restless, unfix'd in principles 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, 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... 
