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... Classical and Foreign Quotations: A Polyglot Manual of Historical and ... - Página 108editado por - 1904 - 412 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Thomas Shepherd Munden - 1844 - 348 páginas
...every other. His tragedy, which was never very good, became at last intolerable ; but he — " Was a man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome." He tried all sorts of experiments, — building, book-writing, book-selling, and the freak... | |
| Gregory Godolphin - 1844 - 260 páginas
...the Mormons or not, time will show. Here endeth the narrative of the indescribable Obadiah Keedle. " A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but many men's epitome." CHAPTER XX. CERTAIN MEMBERS OF CERTAIN CHURCHES. Colonel Henry Blumford, a member... | |
| Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 278 páginas
...found in his immortal character of the Duke of Buckingham:— 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 all for women, rhyming, dancing, drinking, Besides ten... | |
| Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 280 páginas
...found in his immortal character of the Duke of Buckingham:— 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 all for women, rhyming, dancing, drinking, Besides... | |
| Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 278 páginas
...found in his immortal character of the Duke of Buckingham : — 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 all for women, rhyming, dancing, drinking, Besides ten... | |
| Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 292 páginas
...this only in one line (the last but three), is to be found in his immortal character of the Duke of Buckingham : — 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... | |
| Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 372 páginas
...this only in one line (the last but three), is to be found in his immortal character of the Duke of Buckingham:— 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... | |
| Encyclopaedia - 1845 - 852 páginas
...toJdUle, and make senate« dance. Pope The iv. Stiff in opinions, always in the wrontj, Was every thin^ by starts, and nothing long, But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was ciijnii8t,^W¿/er, «talesman, and buffoon. i>ryden. Abtaium and AtlulofkrJ. Sometime* your hair you... | |
| Henry Allon - 1866 - 606 páginas
...Russia, France, and Poland), were considered proficients in the gift of tongues. While Wyndham was thus " So various that he seemed to be Not one but all mankind's epitome" — he was also ready to speak in the House when it was thought necessary by his friends or... | |
| Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 282 páginas
...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, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides... | |
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