 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 Wrangham - Great Britain - 1816 - 532 pages
...princes of the land: 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 every thing by turns and nothing long; But in the course of one revolving moon Was chemist, fiddler,... | |
 | Edward Wedlake Brayley - London (England) - 1816 - 932 pages
...has only served to render his •want of judgment, and of principle, the more lamentably memorable : A man so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome. In squandering wealth nus his peculiar art, Nothing went unregarded, liul desert! C 3 Bcggar'd... | |
 | British essayists - 1819 - 316 pages
...finished by Mr. Dryden, and raised upon the same foundation : In the first rank of these did Zinari stand: A man so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but...epitome. Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong ; Was every thing by starts, and nothing Ion;; ; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler,... | |
 | 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,... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - English poetry - 1819 - 412 pages
...princes of the land : 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 every thing by starts, and nothing long; Hut, in the course of one revolving moon, M'as chemist, fiddler,... | |
 | Scotland - 1821 - 800 pages
...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 revolving moon, Was chemist, poet, statesman and buffoon : Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand... | |
 | England - 1821 - 778 pages
...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 revolving moon, Was chemist, poet, statesman and buffoon : Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking. Besides ten thousand... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1821 - 474 pages
...i Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, ] Was every thing by starts, and nothing long ; \/ iBut, in the course of one revolving moon, |Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; * Note XVII. f The dissenting clergymen, expelled by the Act of Conformity. J The Duke of Buckinghatn,... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - Great Britain - 1822 - 330 pages
...mankind's epitome; Stiff in opinions—always in the wrongWas every thing by starts, but nothing long; Who, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist,...statesman, and buffoon; Then, all for women, painting, fiddling, drinking; Besides a thousand freaks that died in thinking. DRVDEN. WE must now transport... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 316 pages
...princes of the land : 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 every thing by starts, and nothing long; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler,... | |
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