Achitophel
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Borrowing from Dryden's Absalom and Achitophel, for example, the Prime Minister has scoffed at Thatcher in the Commons as "Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong; Was every thing by starts, and nothing long."
From Time Magazine Archive
Oh! ye shades Of Pope and Dryden, are we come to this? and somewhat further on, The little boatman and his Peter Bell Can sneer at him who drew Achitophel, fell comparatively harmless.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 by Various
In one place he likens Filippo to Achitophel and Grifonetto to Absalom.
From Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series by Symonds, John Addington
His best satire is the Absalom and Achitophel; his best specimen of reasoning in verse is The Hind and the Panther.
From A Brief History of the English Language and Literature, Vol. 2 by Meiklejohn, John Miller Dow
Dryden, Absalom and Achitophel, Part I. All human things are subject to decay, And, when Fate summons, monarchs must obey.
From The Principles of English Versification by Baum, Paull Franklin
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