 | 1847 - 486 pages
...pasquinade upon the royal duke — " A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind') epitome ; Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was every thing by (tarts, and nothing long." It was whilst indulging in one of these day-dreams of a quaintly curious... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - London (England) - 1848 - 334 pages
...Dryden's masterly portrait of him in the ' Absalom and Achitophel.' " A man so various, that he seemed 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, fiddler,... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - London (England) - 1848 - 334 pages
...Dryden's masterly portrait of him in the ' Absalom and Achitophel.' " A man so various, that he seemed 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, fiddler,... | |
 | Robert Bell - Great Britain - 1849 - 440 pages
...Buckingham, who survives in the satires of Dry den and Pope : " A man so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by turns, and nothing long." The following letter was written probably early in 1666, when,... | |
 | Gilbert Burnet - Great Britain - 1850 - 996 pages
...Drydcn thu» describes him as Zimi in Absalom and Achitophcl." — " A man so various that he seemed to mw 1 @. 4 ( h} v W Q ! (g X -< <! 䙧7 જ N 24 4 xV gf U w 뒱 J } l}a݈ starts, and nothing long; But in the course of one revolving moon Wss chemist, fiddler, statesman and... | |
 | Daniel Scrymgeour - English poetry - 1850 - 596 pages
...VILLIERS, DUEE OF BUCEINGHAM, DELINEATED AS ZIMRL A man1 so varions that he seemed to be Not one bnt all mankind's epitome ; « Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was every thing by starts, and nothing long ; Bnt, in the eonrse of one revolving moon, Was ehemist, fiddler, statesman,... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1852 - 592 pages
...Here they be : " In the first ranis; 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 thing by starts and nothing long; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler,. statesman,... | |
 | Denys Thompson - Literary Criticism - 1978 - 252 pages
...that of Buckingham: 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 everything by starts and nothing long; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chymist, fiddler,... | |
 | David Daiches - 1979 - 336 pages
...complex and balanced: 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 everything by starts and nothing long; But in the course of one revolving moon Was chymist, fiddler,... | |
 | Francis Parkman - Travel - 1982 - 472 pages
...seven hundred miles to the westward. CHAPTER V. The 'Big Blue.' "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 thing by starts, and nothing long, But in the space of one revolving moon, Was gamester, chemist, fiddler, and... | |
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A man so various that he seemed 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 chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then all... 
