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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... "
The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope - Page 76
by Alexander Pope - 1854
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Copeland's Treasury For Booklovers: A Panorama Of English And American ...

Charles Townsend Copeland - Poetry - 2004 - 392 pages
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Alchemy and Early Modern Chemistry: Papers from Ambix

Allen G. Debus - Science - 2004 - 580 pages
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Enchanted Ground: Reimagining John Dryden

William Andrews Clark Memorial Library Staff, William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, University of California, Los Angeles. Center for 17th- & 18th- Century Studies, University of California, Los Angeles, Center for 17th- & 18th- Century Studies Staff - Literary Criticism - 2004 - 370 pages
...seem'd to be Not one, but all Mankinds 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 Chymist, Fidler, States-man, and Buffoon. (2:21,11.545-50) When Dryden later boasted of this passage,...
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Expositions Of Holy Scripture Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth And Samuel

Alexander MacLaren - Religion - 2004 - 560 pages
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Lines of Enquiry: Studies in Latin Poetry

Niall Rudd - History - 2005 - 232 pages
...sketch of Tigellius (Sat. j.3.1-19)43 which was later elaborated by Dryden in his portrait of Zimri: A man so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but...moon, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman and buffoon. After complexity, the divided mind. Because of their imperial achievement the Romans have gone down...
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The Outline of Literature Volume Two

John Drinkwater - Literary Criticism - 2005 - 520 pages
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Nell Gwyn: Mistress to a King

Charles Beauclerk - Biography & Autobiography - 2005 - 480 pages
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The Cambridge Companion to Roman Satire

Kirk Freudenburg - History - 2005 - 380 pages
...George Villiers, duke of Buckingham, old literary enemy, gets anything but subtle treatment in Absalom: "Stiff in Opinions, always in the wrong; / Was everything.../ but, in the course of one revolving Moon, / was Chymist, Fiddler, States-man, and Buffoon ..." (547ff.). Indeed, much of the satiric rhetoric in Absalom...
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Introduction to English Literature

F. V. N. Painter - Literary Criticism - 2005 - 636 pages
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Churchill : The Unexpected Hero: The Unexpected Hero

Paul Addison - Biography & Autobiography - 2005 - 324 pages
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