 | Leigh Hunt - London (England) - 1848 - 334 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." " This inimitable description," observes Sir Walter Scott, in a note... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - London (England) - 1848 - 334 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." " This inimitable description," observes Sir Walter Scott, in a note... | |
 | Abraham Mills - English literature - 1851 - 600 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 A milk-white hind, immortal and unchang'd, Fed on the lawns, and in... | |
 | John Dryden - English poetry - 1852 - 378 pages
...parties, but could ne'er be chief: For spite of him the weight of bus' ness fell On Absalom and wise Achitophel: Thus, wicked but in will, of means bereft, He left not faction, but of that was left. Yet Corah, thou shalt from oblivion pass; Erect thyself, thou monumental... | |
 | NBC University of the Air - America - 1852 - 456 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. Drydens Absalom and Achitophel. " The Duke of Buckingham now acted as... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1853 - 714 pages
...parties, but could ne'er be chief; ¡ Frr, 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. [Shaftdbury'l Address to Monmoutli.} [From the aama] Auspicious prince,... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - Great Britain - 1855 - 570 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."* This fine poetical portrait is familiar with every one. Sketched by... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - Elocution - 1857 - 428 pages
...parties, but could not 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. DRYDEN. 37. CHARACTER OP SHAFTESBURY. OF these the false Achitophel... | |
 | John Seely Hart - Readers - 1857 - 394 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. MANKIND. (From Jill for Love.) Men are but children of a larger growth;... | |
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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... 
