 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...  The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope - Page 76by Alexander Pope - 1854Full view - About this book
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...brutal and elevated language. Many writers take advantage of the couplet's epigrammatic possibilities: Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts, and nothing long. [8] Man differs more from man, than man from beast. [83] Clarity, panache, precision, these are hallmarks... | |
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...score. Some of their chiefs were princes of the land: In the first rank of these did Zimri stand;0 A man so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but...moon, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon: 550 Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking.... | |
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