Of these the false Achitophel[238] was first;
A name to all succeeding ages curst:
For close designs, and crooked counsels fit;
Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit;
Restless, unfixed in principles and place;
In power unpleased, impatient of disgrace;
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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;