 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
 | 1856 - 420 páginas
...the wrong, Was every thing by starts, and nothing long ! But in the course of one revolving nioon, Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon. Then...Besides ten thousand freaks, that died in thinking; Bless'd madman, who could every hour employ In something new to wish, or to enjoy ! In squand'nng wealth... | |
 | John Seely Hart - 1857 - 394 páginas
...by his own proper light. CHARACTEB. OF VILLIERS, DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM. (From Absalom and Achitophel) A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but...long; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides... | |
 | Henry Reed - 1857 - 424 páginas
...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,...long, But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1857 - 428 páginas
...OF 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...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,... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1857 - 396 páginas
...stand : 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 starts and...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 - 1857 - 780 páginas
...Was every thing by starts and nothing long : But in the course of one revolving moe-u, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon : Then all for women,...besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking. llle.1t madman whu could every hour employ, With something new to wish, or to enjoy !* c. No. 163-1... | |
 | Denys Thompson - 1978 - 252 páginas
...show-piece, with brilliant character sketches like that of Buckingham: In the first rank of these did Zimri stand, A man so various that he seemed to be Not one,...buffoon; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Beside ten thousand freaks that died in thinking. Blest madman, who could every hour employ With something... | |
 | David Daiches - 1979 - 336 páginas
...briefer than that of Shaftesbury, but no less complex and balanced: In the first rank of these did Zimri stand, A man so various that he seemed to be Not one,...moon Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon; . . . The description of Monmouth (as Absalom) courting the people is done with a characteristic mixture... | |
 | Francis Parkman - 1982 - 472 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,... | |
 | Alan L. Mackay - 1991 - 312 páginas
...Duke of Buckingham who 'made the whole body of vice his study'] A man so various that he seem'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. Absalom and Achitophel I, 545 89 Mere poets are sottish as... | |
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