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" He has pulled down all that fabric that Nature raised in him, and built himself up again after a model of his own. He has dammed up all those lights that Nature made into the noblest prospects of the world, and opened other little blind loopholes backward... "
The Rehearsal: First Acted 7 Dec. 1671. Published ?July 1672. With ... - Page 13
by George Villiers Duke of Buckingham - 1868 - 136 pages
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Memoirs of Count Grammont, Volume 2

Anthony Hamilton (Count) - France - 1809 - 344 pages
...licentious nobleman, written by the able pen of the author of Hudibras: ' THE DUKE OF BUCKS is one that has studied the whole body of vice. His parts...than. he should have. He has pulled down all that nature raised in him, and built himself up again after a model of his own. He has dammed up all those...
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Memoirs of the Court of Charles the Second, Volume 1

Anthony Hamilton (Count), Charles II (King of England), Thomas Blount - Gramont, Philibert, comte de, 1621-1707 - 1846 - 572 pages
...like a monster, he has more of some, and less of others, than he should have. He has pulled down all that nature raised in him, and built himself up again after a model of his own. He has dammed up all those lights that nature made into the noblest prospects of the world, and opened other...
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Memoirs of the Court of Charles the Second

Anthony Hamilton (Count), Charles II (King of England), Thomas Blount - Great Britain - 1853 - 568 pages
...licentious nobleman, written by the able pen of the author of Hudibras. " The Duke of Bucks is one that has studied the whole body of vice. His parts...others, than he should have. He has pulled down all that nature raised in him, and built himself up again after a model of his own. He has dammed up all those...
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Hudibras, Volume 1

Samuel Butler - English poetry - 1859 - 624 pages
...conclusive that he was not likely to have received any favour at his hands. * " A Duke of Bucks is one that has studied the whole body of vice. His parts are disproportionate, and, like a monster, he has more of some and less of others than he should have. He has pulled down...
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The wits and beaux of society, by Grace and Philip Wharton, Volume 1

Katherine Thomson - 1860 - 376 pages
...;' a most fearful censure — a most significant description of a bad man. ' His parts,' he adds, ' are disproportionate to the whole, and like a monster,...others, than he should have. He has pulled down all that nature raised in him, and built himself up again after a model of his own. He has dammed up all those...
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Poetical Works, Volume 1

Samuel Butler - 1861 - 248 pages
...and as it bears strictly upon the biography of Butler is here given entire. ' A Duke of Bucks is one that has studied the whole body of vice. His parts...of some, and less of others than he should have. He bas pulled down all that fabric that nature raised in him, and built himself up again after a model...
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The Wits and Beaux of Society

Grace Wharton, Philip Wharton - Fiction - 1861 - 522 pages
...significant description of a bad man. " His parts," he adds, " are disproportionate to the whole, and like fi monster, he has more of some, and less of others, than he should have. He has pulled down all that nature raised in him, and built himself up again after a model of his own. He has dammed up all those...
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The Wits and Beaux of Society, Volume 2

Mrs. A. T. Thomson, Philip Wharton - Great Britain - 1861 - 520 pages
...like a monster, he has more of some, and less of others, than he should have. He has pulled down all that nature raised in him, and built himself up again after a model of his own. He has dammed up all those lights that nature made into the noblest prospects of the world, and opened other...
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The Wits and Beaux of Society, Volume 2

Mrs. A. T. Thomson, Philip Wharton - Great Britain - 1861 - 504 pages
...;" a most fearful censure — a most significant description of a bad man. " His parts," he adds, " are disproportionate to the whole, and like a monster, he has more of gome, and less of others, than he should have. He has pulled down all that nature raised in him, and...
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The Rehearsal

George Villiers Duke of Buckingham - 1869 - 156 pages
...followingone, entitled A Duke of Bucks, Is one that has studied the whole Body of Vice. His Parts arc disproportionate to the whole, and like a Monster...that Nature made into the noblest Prospects of the >\orld, and opened other little blind Loopholes backward, by turning Day into Night, and Night into...
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