 | British autography - 1819 - 392 pages
...Drydcn's verfes are very characteristic of him after the Reiteration : A man fo various, that he feem'd to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong ; Was every thing by ftarts, and nothing long ; But in the courfe of one revolving moon, Was chymift, fidler, itatefnun,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1819 - 644 pages
...believing right. Such were the tools : hut a whole Hydra more Remains of sprouting heads too long to score. Some of their chiefs were princes of the land : In the first rank of these did Ziuili-Stand : A man so various, that he seem'd to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome: i Stiff in... | |
 | Tim Bobbin, John Corry - English language - 1819 - 536 pages
...Dr.Forster, late Vicar of Rochdale, 493 The Author's.. , 494 Another „ '. t 43 OF MR. JOHN COLLIER. "A man so various that he seem'd to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome ; And in the course of one revolting moon Was teacher, piper, patriot and buffoon ; Ther. all... | |
 | England - 1821 - 778 pages
...Kcsolvod to ruin, or to rule the tute." Again, look at the famous sketch of the Duke of Buckingham. " A man so various, that he seem'd to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome ; Stiff in opinion, always in the wrong ; Was every thing by starts, and nothing long; But, in the course of one... | |
 | Scotland - 1821 - 800 pages
...Resolved to ruin, or to rule the state." Again, look at the famous sketch of the Duke of Buckingham. " A man so various, that he seem'd to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome ; Stiff in opinion, always in the wrong ; Was every thing by starts, and nothing long ; But, in the course of... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1821 - 474 pages
...believing right. Such were the tools ; but a whole Hydra more Remains of sprouting heads too long to score. Some of their chiefs were princes of the land : /In the first rank of these did ZimriJ stand ; 1 A man so various, that he seem'd to be \Not one, but all mankind's epitome ; i Stiff... | |
 | Classical poetry - 1822 - 314 pages
...believing right. Such were the tools; but a whole hydra more Remains, of sprouting heads too long to score. Some of their chiefs were princes of the land : In...opinions, always in the wrong; Was every thing by starts, and nothing long; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman,... | |
 | Niccolò Forteguerri - Italian poetry - 1822 - 280 pages
...no more wilt weigh my eyelids down, And steep my senses in forgetfilness!" Shakespeare, Hen. IV. " In the first rank of these did Zimri stand : A man...various, that he seem'd to be Not one, but all mankind's epit6meV' Dryden, Abs. and Achit. " Reason's whole pleasure, all the joys of sense, Lie in three words,... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1822 - 362 pages
...appellations, he thus paints our singularly accomplished, and, I am afraid, somewhat dangerous neighbour. In the first rank of these did Zimri stand ; A man so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome ; Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong ; Was every... | |
 | Spectator (London, England : 1711) - 1822 - 788 pages
...wn minds. Mr. Dryden has expressed this very xcellently in the character of Zimri ;•(• ( A man M pounds a year ; but he ha cast and been cast so often, that he is not now opinion, always in the wrong, Wu every thing byst*rtstancl nothing long; But in the course of one revolving... | |
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In the first rank of these did Zimri stand: A man so various, that he seem'd to be Not one, but all Mankind's Epitome. Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong; Was everything by starts, and nothing long: But in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist,... 
