 | Elizabeth Lee - English literature - 1898 - 258 pages
...parties, but could ne'er be chief: For spite of him, the weight of business fell On Absalom and wise Achitophel ; Thus wicked but in will, of means bereft, He left not faction, but of that was left. In the ranks of the opposition are also to be found the clergy " Who... | |
 | Henry Augustin Beers - English literature - 1899 - 346 pages
...parties, but could ne'er be chief : For spite of him, the weight of business fell To Absalom and wise Achitophel.' Thus, wicked but in will, of means bereft, He left not faction, but of that was left. THE CHEATS OF HOPE. [From " Aurengzebe."] WHEN I consider life, 'tis... | |
 | Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl - Anthologies - 1899 - 430 pages
...parties, but could ne'er be chief : For, spite of him, the weight of business fell On Absalom, and wise Achitophel : Thus, wicked but in will, of means bereft, He left not faction, but of that was left. SLINOSBY BETHEL. Shimei, whose youth did early promise bring Of zeal... | |
 | Richard Garnett - 1899 - 434 pages
...parties, but could ne'er be chief : For, spite of him, the weight of business fell On Absalom, and wise Achitophel : Thus, wicked but in will, of means bereft, He left not faction, but of that was left BETHEL. His hand a vare of justice did uphold ; His neck was loaded with... | |
 | Margaret Lynn - English poetry - 1907 - 528 pages
...parties, but could ne'er be chief; 565 For, spite of him, the weight of business fell On Absalom, and wise Achitophel ; Thus, wicked but in will, of means bereft, He left not faction, but of that was left. BARZILLAI IN this short file Barzillai first appears; Barzillai, crowned... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - English poetry - 1907 - 616 pages
...parties, but could ne'er be chief: For spite of him, the weight of business fell 565 On Absalom and wise Achitophel; Thus wicked but in will, of means bereft, He left not faction, but of that was left. ******* FROM RELIGIO LAICI Oh, but, says one, Tradition set aside, 276... | |
 | Austin Brereton - Adelphi (London, England) - 1907 - 376 pages
...parties, but could ne'er be chief; For spite of him, the weight of business fell On Absalom, or wise Achitophel ; Thus wicked but in will, of means bereft, He left not faction, but of that was left." Buckingham, whose estates had been confiscated by Cromwell in 1648,... | |
 | Alphonso Gerald Newcomer - English literature - 1910 - 776 pages
...parties, but could ne'er be chief: For spite of him, the weight of business fell On Absalom and wise faction, but of that was left. MAC FLECKXOE.* All human things are subject to decay And, when Fate... | |
 | Brander Matthews - English language - 1911 - 300 pages
...parties, but could ne'er be chief ; For, spite of him, the weight of business fell On Absalom and wise Achitophel : Thus, wicked but in will, of means bereft, He left not faction, but of that was left. The heroic couplet, which seems to be best fitted for satire, Dryden... | |
 | William Macneile Dixon, Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson - English poetry - 1911 - 792 pages
...parties, but could ne'er be chief : For spite of him, the weight of business fell On Absalom and wise Achitophel ; Thus wicked but in will, of means bereft, He left not faction, but of that was left. Titles and names 'twere tedious to rehearse Of lords below the dignity... | |
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He laughed himself from court; then sought relief By forming parties, but could ne'er be chief; For, spite of him, the weight of business fell On Absalom, and wise Achitophel ; Thus, wicked but in will, of means bereft, He left not faction, but of that... 
