 | Joseph Addison - 1811 - Počet stránok 508
...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,...rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that dy'd in thinking. Blest madman, who cou'd every hour employ, With something new to wish, or to enjoy!... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd - 1811 - Počet stránok 504
...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,...rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that dy'd in thinking. Blest madman, who cou'd every hour employ, With something new to wish, or to enjoy... | |
 | Isaac Watts - 1813 - Počet stránok 574
...sort of superfluous turn or flourish added to the latt long i\ liable, as in Drydeu's Absalom, &c. " Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, " Besides ten thousand freaks that dy'd in thinking." Note, These trochees, instead of the last long syllable, are very seldom admitted... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - Počet stránok 412
...Was every thing by starts, and nothing long; Hut, in the course of one revolving moon, M'as chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon : Then all for women,...Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking. Blest madman! who could every hour employ With something new to wish or to enjoy! Hailing and praising... | |
 | 1821 - Počet stránok 800
...every thing by starts, and nothing long; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Wax chemist, poet, statesman and buffoon : Then all for women, painting,...Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking. "Fearless on high stood unabash'dDeFoe, And Tutchin flagrant from the scourge below ; There Ridpath,... | |
 | 1821 - Počet stránok 778
...every thing by starts, and nothing long; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, poet, statesman and buffoon : Then all for women, painting,...Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking. Thus wicked but in will, of means bereft, He left not faction, but of that was left." And what's this... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - Počet stránok 316
...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. Bless'd madman! who could every hour employ With something new to wish or to enjoy! Railing and praising were his usual themes, And both (to show... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1822 - Počet stránok 372
...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,...Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking. Blest madman ! who could every hour employ 'With something new to wish or to enjoy ! Railing and praising... | |
 | 1822 - Počet stránok 788
...every thing by starts, and nothing long; But in the course of one revolving moon. Was chymist, tiddler, statesman, and buffoon. Then all for women, painting,...Besides ten thousand freaks, that died in thinking ; Blesi'd madman, that could every hour employ In something new to wish, or to enjoy I In so^uand'rins;... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - Počet stránok 278
...themselves, and finding enjoyment in their own minds. Mr. Dryden has expressed this very excellently in the character of Zimri: A man so various that he...thinking; Bless'd madman, who could every hour employ Tu something new to wish, or to enjoy ! In squand'ring wealth was his peculiar art, Nothing went unrewarded... | |
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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 for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that... 
