 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 chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then...  Gryll grange, by the author of 'Headlong hall'. - Página 134por Thomas Love Peacock - 1861Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Eneas Sweetland Dallas - 1852 - 330 páginas
...And we can thus in a lesser degree say of every one what Dry den said of the Duke of Buckingham : " A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome." III. Lyrical art. Future. Unity. I. Such is a tabular view of the meanings which we have... | |
 | Spectator The - 1853 - 1118 páginas
...eqioymm: in their own minds. Mr. Dryden has expressed this very excdlently in the character of Zimri.* " A man so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome. Stiff in opinion, always in the wrong. Was everything by start*, and nothing long; But in... | |
 | Anthony Hamilton (Count), Charles II (King of England), Thomas Blount - 1853 - 568 páginas
...137. Dryden's character of him is in these lines : — " In the first rank of these did Zimri stand ; A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong ; Was every thing by starts, and nothing long, Bnt.... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1854 - 338 páginas
...his life, are sufficient for history and moral. Neither will ever be forgotten or surpassed : — " 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,... | |
 | John Dryden - 1854 - 324 páginas
...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 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,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1854 - 340 páginas
...of his life, are sufficient for history and moral. Neither will ever be forgotten or surpassed:— " 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,... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1855 - 570 páginas
...Restoration — His Wit and conversational Talents — Anecdotes — Instances of his whimsical Caprice. " 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... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1854 - 542 páginas
...finished, by Mr. Uryden, and raised upon the same foundation. In the first rank of these did Zimri stand : 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,... | |
 | 1856 - 420 páginas
...enjoyment in their own minds. Mr. Dryden has expressed this very excellently in the character of Zimri : A man so various that he seemed 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... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1857 - 428 páginas
...BUCKINGHAM. SOME of their chiefs were princes of the land ; In the first rank of these did Zimri stand ; A man so various, that he seemed 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,... | |
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