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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... "
Spirit of the English Magazines - Page 299
1831
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Poetical Miscellanies: Consisting of Original Poems and Translations

English poetry - 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,...
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Bell's Edition: The Poets of Great Britain Complete from Chaucer to ...

English poetry - 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...
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Poetical Works

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...
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Memoirs of Capt. George Carleton, an English Officer: Including Anecdotes of ...

Daniel Defoe, George Carleton - Europe - 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...
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Peerage of England. ...

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...
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Contains the earls to the termination of the seventeenth century

Arthur Collins, Sir Egerton Brydges - Aristocracy (Social class) - 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...
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A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High ..., Volume 14

Thomas Bayly Howell - Law reports, digests, etc - 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...
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Hudibras, a Poem, Volume 2

Samuel Butler - English poetry - 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...
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The Works of the British Poets: With Lives of the Authors, Volume 11

Ezekiel Sanford - English poetry - 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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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 10

England - 1821 - 778 pages
...turbulent of wit ; Restless, unfix V 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 sore to madness near allied, And thin partitions do their bonds divide ; Else why should...
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