...author had such a genius or madman as Sherman in his mind when he described one of his characters as "A fiery soul, which, working out its way, * Fretted the pigmy body to decay." The peculiar formation of Sherman's head shows his great development of brain. His- forehead is broad,...

...turbulent of wit. Restless, unfix'd in principles and place ; In power unpleased, 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 ; Pleased with the danger when...

...turbulent of wit. Restless, unfix'd in principles and place ; In power unpleased, 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; Pleased with the danger when the...

...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." Then he puts into the mouth of Achitophel the following description...

...physique, as in many other respects, from some of his descendants. According to the poet, he had — " A fiery soul, which, working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay, And o'er-inform'd the tenement of clay." Notwithstanding the hard things that are spoken of this remarkable...

...turbulent of wit ; Restless, imtixM 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.1* Then he puts into the mouth of Achitophel the following description...

...wit ; Kesiless, unfix 'd in principles and place ; In power unplcas'd, impatient of disgrace : A ncry soul, which, working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay, And o'er inform d the tenement of clay." Then he puts into the mouth of Achitophel the following description...

...ttung.-r A similar fancy is introduced by Dryden, in his celebrated description of Lord Shaftesbury : A fiery soul, which, working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay, And o'er-inlormcd the tencment of clay.J Physinlogv, whose highest praise is scarcely thnt of being...

...wasgrandson of the celebrated and unfortunate Earl, who is the Ahitophel of Dryden's immortal satire — The fiery soul which, working out its way. Fretted the pigmy body to decay, And o'er informed the tenement of clay, and who was the sire of that son, the second Earl, so cruelly...

...turbulent of wit: Restless, unfixed in principles and place; In power unpleased, impatient of disgrace, A fiery soul which, working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay, And o'er informed its tenement of clay: A daring pilot in extremity; Pleased with the danger, when...