 | Abraham Mills - English literature - 1851 - 602 pages
...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...bereft, He left not faction, but .of that was left A milk-white hind, immortal and unchang'd, Fed on the lawns, and in the forest rang'd ; Without, unspotted... | |
 | NBC University of the Air - America - 1852 - 456 pages
...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...bereft, He left not faction, but of that was left. Drydens Absalom and Achitophel. " The Duke of Buckingham now acted as Prime Minister. " The King consulted... | |
 | John Dryden - English poetry - 1852 - 378 pages
...relief By forming 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...bereft, He left not faction, but of that was left. Yet Corah, thou shalt from oblivion pass; Erect thyself, thou monumental brass^ High as the serpent... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1853 - 716 pages
...relief Вт forming parties, but could ne'er be chief; ¡ Frr, spite of him, the weight of business fell On Absalom and wise Achitophel : Thus, wicked but...bereft, He left not faction, but of that was left. [Shaftdbury'l Address to Monmoutli.} [From the aama] Auspicious prince, at whose nativity Some royal... | |
 | Anthony Hamilton (Count), Charles II (King of England), Thomas Blount - Great Britain - 1853 - 568 pages
...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...bereft, He left not faction, but of that was left." Absalom and Achitophel. Pope describes the last scene of this nobleman's life in these lines : —... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - English poetry - 1853 - 838 pages
...could ne'er be chief; For spite of him the weight of business fell On Absalom and wise Aehitophel : Thus, wicked but in will, of means bereft, He left not faction, but of that was left-f CHARACTER OP DOEO, OR ELKA.VAII SETTLE. FROM THE SAME. DOEG, though without knowing how or why,... | |
 | John Dryden - English poetry - 1854 - 324 pages
...salient point in Pope's sketch is the picture of BuckingFor spite of him, the weight of business fell On Absalom, and wise Achitophel ; Thus, wicked but...to rehearse Of lords, below the dignity of verse. Wits, warriors, commonwealths-men, were the best : Kind husbands, and mere nobles, all the rest. And... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1854 - 338 pages
...estate : He laugh'd himself from court, then sought relief By forming parties, but could ne'er be chief. Thus wicked but in will, of means bereft, He left not faction, but of that was left." Absalom and Achitophsl. There are only two or three high-finished satirical portraits that can enter... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 346 pages
...could ne'er be chief ; For, spite of him, the weight of business fell On Absalom and wise Achitophol. Thus, wicked but in will, of means bereft, He left not faction, but of that was left." Besides The Rehearsal, the duke was the author of some other dramatic pieces : as, The Chances, a comedy... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1854 - 340 pages
...late; He laugh'd himself from court, then Bought relief By forming parties, but could ne'er be chief. Thus wicked but in will, of means bereft, He left not faction, but of that was left." Absalom and Achitophel. There are only two or three high-finished satirical portraits that can enter... | |
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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... 
