 | Literature - 1841 - 500 pages
...courted."—History of his o'wn times. Dryden's well known character of him is in these lines. "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;... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1841 - 844 pages
...THE SECOND DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM. FROM THR SAME. SOME of their chiefs were princes of the land ; In the first rank of these did Zimri stand : A man so various, that he seem'd to be .V '! one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong ; Was everything by starts,... | |
 | Cyrus Redding - Lancashire (England) - 1842 - 282 pages
...bearing the sobriquet of Tim Bobbin, who united in himself the qualities of Hogarth and those of Swift— A man so various that he seem'd to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome; And in the course of one revolving moon Was teacher, piper, patriot, and buffoon... | |
 | John Wilson Croker - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1842 - 544 pages
...the human mind. This is the reason why folk are never weary of talking, reading, and writing about a man— " So various. that he seem'd to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome." 495. Johnson's Courtship. I have often heard my mother say she perfectly remembered... | |
 | John Wilson Croker - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1842 - 546 pages
...the human mind. This is the reason why folk are never weary of talking, reading, and writing about a man — " So various, that he seem'd to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome." 495. Johnson's Courtship. I have often heard my mother say she perfectly remembered... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1844 - 692 pages
...Viutert, Dvlx of BuckingJtam.] [From the same.] Some of their chiefs were princes of the land : In the and battle ; And therefore shall I little grace my cause In speaking for myself. Yet by your mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong. Was ev'rything by starts, and nothing long... | |
 | Elizabeth Stone - England - 1845 - 472 pages
...portrays him minutely and accurately : — " Some of their chiefs were 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 ev'rything by starts, and nothing long... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1845 - 878 pages
...scheme of redemption and of revenge." With this manly resolution, he prosecuted his journey to London. 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, but nothing... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - Humor - 1846 - 282 pages
...Remains of sprouting heads too long to score. Some of their chiefs were 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 opinion, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts, and nothing long... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1846 - 386 pages
...Remains of sprouting heads too long to score. Some of their chiefs were 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 opinion, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts, and nothing long... | |
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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 everything by starts, and nothing long; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chymist,... 
