 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
 | Thomas Wright, Robert Harding Evans - 1851 - Počet stránok 524
...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,... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - Počet stránok 344
...will at all events try the experiments. 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,... | |
 | Francis Parkman - 1852 - Počet stránok 466
...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... | |
 | 1852 - Počet stránok 892
...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... | |
 | Eneas Sweetland Dallas - 1852 - Počet stránok 310
...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." I. II. III. Dramatic art ; Epic art ; Lyrical art. Present ; Past ; Future. Plurality; Totality;... | |
 | Eneas Sweetland Dallas - 1852 - Počet stránok 330
...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... | |
 | Anthony Hamilton (Count), Charles II (King of England), Thomas Blount - 1853 - Počet stránok 568
...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, Bnt.... | |
 | Spectator The - 1853 - Počet stránok 1118
...eqioymm: in their own minds. Mr. Dryden has expressed this very excdlently in the character of Zimri.* " 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 start*, and nothing long; But in... | |
 | John Dryden - 1854 - Počet stránok 324
...score. 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 one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts, and nothing long; But,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1854 - Počet stránok 338
...his life, are sufficient for history and moral. Neither will ever be forgotten or surpassed : — " 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,... | |
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