 | 1714 - 528 страници
...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, when the... | |
 | John Dryden - 1760 - 448 страници
...unpleas'd, impatient of difgrace : VOL. I, M A fiery foul, 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'dwith the danger when the waves went high, He fought the ftorms ; but for a calm unfit, Would... | |
 | John Dryden - 1773 - 260 страници
...Reftlefs, unfix'd in principles and place; In pow'r unpleas'd, impatient of difgrace : A fiery foul, which, working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body...the tenement of clay. A daring pilot in extremity ; Pleas'd with the danger, when the waves went high, He fought the florm ; but, for a calm unfit, Would... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 350 страници
...unpleas'd, impatient of difgrace : A fiery foul, 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 the waves went high, He fought the ftorms ; but, for a calm unfit, Would... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1791 - 510 страници
...Rcftltfs, unfix'd in principles and place ; In power unpleas'd, impatient of difgrace. A fiery foul, which, working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay, And o'cr-inform'd the tenement of clav. Adw Youth, beauty, graceful aftion, K But common int'rcft always... | |
 | William Seward - 1796 - 430 страници
...Reftlefs, unfix'd in principles and place, In power unpleas'd, impatient of difgrace ; A fiery foul, which, working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay, And o'er inform'd the tenement of clay. Abfalom and Acbitopbel. Lord Shaftefbury was, perhaps, one of the... | |
 | William Seward - 1796 - 418 страници
...Reftlefs, unfix'd in principles and place, In power unpleas'd, impatient of difgrace ; A fiery foul, which, working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay, And o'er, informed the tenement of clay. Abfalem and Aclitofbtl. Lord Shaftefbury was, perhaps, one of... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 658 страници
...Refllefs, unfix'd in principles and place ; In power unpleas'd, impatient of dif^racc : A fiery foul, which, working out its way, Fretted the pigmy -body...the tenement of clay. A daring pilot in extremity; Plcas'd wit!i the dancer when the waves went high, He fought the ftorms ; but, for a calm unfit, Would... | |
 | William Cliffton - 1800 - 156 страници
...ill-sorted travrllcrs, they very early parted — parted forever. The active vigour of his genius " Fretted the pigmy body to decay, And o'er-inform'd the tenement of clay." He struggled long against the insidious approaches of a fatal hectic, and while he sought by various... | |
 | 1801 - 416 страници
...Sagacious, bold, and 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... | |
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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. A daring pilot in extremity, Pleased with the danger, when the waves went high, He sought the storms ; but for a calm unfit, Would steer... 
