 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...  Gryll Grange - Strana 146podľa Thomas Love Peacock - 1891Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
 | Anthony Hamilton (Count) - 1846 - Počet stránok 564
...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 one, but all mankind's epitome: Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong; Was every thing by starts, and nothing long, But,... | |
 | James Thorne - 1847 - Počet stránok 480
...considerable ability ; even Dryden, in the exquisite portrait of him as Zimri, admits that he was " A man so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome :" though he somewhat qualifies the praise — if praise it be— in the next lines : — "... | |
 | 1847 - Počet stránok 486
...tranquillity ; so that I soon became the fac simile of Dryden's pasquinade upon the royal duke — " A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind') epitome ; Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was every thing by (tarts, and nothing... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1848 - Počet stránok 334
...pleasure. He is now best known from Dryden's masterly portrait of him in the ' Absalom and Achitophel.' " 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 - 1848 - Počet stránok 352
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 | Robert Bell - 1849 - Počet stránok 440
...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... | |
 | 1849 - Počet stránok 340
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 | Gilbert Burnet - 1850 - Počet stránok 996
...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... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - Počet stránok 592
...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... | |
 | 1851 - Počet stránok 604
...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... | |
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