 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
 | Robert Bell - 1849 - 440 páginas
...OP BUCKINGHAM. [This is the Duke of Buckingham, who survives in the satires of Dry den and Pope : " 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 turns, and nothing long." The following... | |
 | Gilbert Burnet - 1850 - 996 páginas
...The Rehearsal ;" and in return Drydcn thu» describes him as Zimi in Absalom and Achitophcl." — " 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... | |
 | 1851 - 604 páginas
...will at all events try the experiment. Here they be : " 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 in... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 602 páginas
...to be, Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, 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, painting, rhyming, drinking. Besides... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 594 páginas
...to be, Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, 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, painting, rhyming, drinking. Besides... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 592 páginas
...will at all events try the experiment. Here they be : " In the first ranis; 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, in... | |
 | Thomas Wright, Robert Harding Evans - 1851 - 524 páginas
...Sunday. 244. PIZARRO CONTEMPLATING OVER THE PRODUCT OF HIS NEW PERUVIAN MINE. June 4th, 1799. SHERIDAN. " A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but nil mankind's epitome."* " Whatever Sheridan has done," says Lord Byron, " has/ been par excellence,... | |
 | Eneas Sweetland Dallas - 1852 - 330 páginas
...word, a total. 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... | |
 | 1852 - 892 páginas
...difference,") the celebrated lines of Dryden are not inapplicable to the subject of our notice : " A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome." It was his happy destiny to cultivate assicliously the powers of an acute intellect, and... | |
 | 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 all mankind's epitome, Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was every thing by starts, and nothing long, But in... | |
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