 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 all...  Ben Jonson to Dryden - Página 442editado por - 1880Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 344 páginas
...manuscript. I will at all events try the experiments. Here they be : " In the first rank of these did Zimri stand : A man so various, that he seemed to be Not...long ; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides... | |
 | NBC University of the Air - 1852 - 456 páginas
...first rank of these did Zimri stand ; A man so various, that he seem'd to be Not one, but all maukind's epitome. Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was...long ; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides... | |
 | Francis Parkman - 1852 - 466 páginas
...heads toward Fort Laramie, then about seven hundred miles to the westward. CHAPTER V. THE 'BIG BLUE.' " 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 long, But in the space of one revolving moon, Was gamester, chemist,... | |
 | John Dryden - 1852 - 378 páginas
...Was ev'ry thing by starts, and nothing long; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon : Then all for women,...freaks that died in thinking. Blest madman, who could ev'ry hour employ, With something new to wish, or to enjoy! Railing and praising were his usual themes;... | |
 | Bengal council of educ - 1852 - 348 páginas
...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...moon, Was chymist, fiddler, statesman and buffoon. Who is here alluded to ? State very shortly the leading features of his career. Quote Pope's lines... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1853 - 554 páginas
...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...rhyming drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that dy'd in thinking. Blest madman, who could every hour employ, With something new to wish, or to enjoy... | |
 | Spectator The - 1853 - 1118 páginas
...foundation : — " In the first rank of these did Zimrif stand : A man so various, that he secm'd to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome. Stiff in opinions,...long : But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon : Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides... | |
 | Spectator The - 1853 - 566 páginas
...Was every thing by starts, and nothing long; But in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon; Then all for women,...thinking. Blest madman, who could every hour employ In something new to wish, or to enjoy! In squand'ring wealth was his peculiar art: Nothing went unrewarded... | |
 | Anthony Hamilton (Count), Charles II (King of England), Thomas Blount - 1853 - 568 páginas
...vol. ip 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...epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong ; Was every thing by starts, and nothing long, Bnt. in the course of one revolving moon, Was chymist, fiddler,... | |
 | Cyclopaedia - 1853 - 772 páginas
...Harrington. 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! But in the course of one revolving moon, Wras chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon. Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides... | |
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