 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...  Anecdotes of Polite Literature ... - Page 361764Full view - About this book
 | George Bryan - Chelsea (London, England) - 1869 - 244 pages
...following portrait of this nobleman in the character of Zimri : — " A man so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, He's every thing by starts, and nothing long ; But in the course of one revolving moon, "Was Chymist,... | |
 | George Bryan - Chelsea (London, England) - 1869 - 248 pages
...following portrait of this nobleman in the character of Zimri: — "A man so various, that he seemed to ba Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, He'* every thing by starts, and nothing long ; But in the course of one revolving moon, Was Chymist,... | |
 | Walter Thornbury - England - 1870 - 344 pages
...So perished Zimri. We all remember the sharp scourging lines : " 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,... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - London (England) - 1870 - 478 pages
...masterly portrait of him in the "Absalom and Achitophel." " A man so various, that he seemed to he, 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,... | |
 | Mrs. A. T. Thomson, Philip Wharton - Great Britain - 1871 - 572 pages
...Channel—in England. And a strange character have we to deal with :— ' 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 ; Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon. '* But, in the... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - English literature - 1871 - 568 pages
...all in review : ' In the first rank of these did Zimri 1 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,... | |
 | William Clark Russell - Authors, English - 1871 - 550 pages
...Duke slept with her in his bloody shirt. — Lord Peterborough. 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,... | |
 | Charles Richson - 1871 - 200 pages
...of any man. Shakspeare. 2. Satirical description of a Nobleman. 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, fiddler,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1871 - 968 pages
...princes of the land ; In tht' first rank of these did Zinn i stand ; A man so various, that he seemed to sorrowing son, — Wretch even then, everything by starts, and nothing long ; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was ehymist, fiddler,... | |
 | Hippolyte Adolphe Taine - 1871 - 570 pages
...all in review : ' In the first rank of these did Zimri 1 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,... | |
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