 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
 | Francis Parkman - Travel - 2007 - 329 pages
...hundred miles to the westward. CHAPTER V. THE "B16 BLOT." A man *o various that Ike seemed to b* Hot one, but all mankind's epitome ; Stiff in opinions,...everything by starts, and nothing long, But, in the space ol one revolving moon, Was gamester, chemist, fiddler, and buffoon. THK great medley of Oregon... | |
 | Various - History - 2007 - 380 pages
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 | Jerome Meckier, Bernfried Nugel - Literary Criticism - 2006 - 244 pages
...cartographer, a designer of mechanical toys and of war-machines, fantastic in their ingenuity. To them he was "a man so various that he seemed to be not one, but all mankind's epitome;" a dilettante expending himself fruitlessly in a thousand different directions. It is only... | |
 | Robert Pattison - Literary Criticism - 2008 - 210 pages
...mature Mary Fairfax married George Villiers, second Duke of Buckingham, of whom Dryden wrote that he was "Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong; / Was everything by starts, and nothing long" (Absalom and Achitophel, 547-548); his pupil was abundantly present in the world of mature corruption... | |
 | Criticism - 1984 - 520 pages
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