 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
 | Joseph Addison - 1864 - Počet stránok 472
...enoyment in their own minds. Mr. Dryden las expressed this very excellently 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 every thing by starts, and nothing long ! But in... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1865 - Počet stránok 504
...David, but the king. Purl i. Line 512. Who think too little, and who talk too much. Part i. Line 534. 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... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1865 - Počet stránok 252
...ZHTBI. 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 ev"rything by starts, and nothing long ; But,... | |
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - 1866 - Počet stránok 726
...be wrought fusil or graven in metaL J. MILTON 848 VILLIERS, DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM, DELINEATED AS ZIMRI 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,... | |
 | 1874 - Počet stránok 276
...is a source of embarrasment ; for Priestley was a man of so many and such diverse acquirements — A man so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome ; his energy and the power of his application were so intense, the range of his work so wide,... | |
 | 1867 - Počet stránok 972
...— like a man " who had studied the whole body of vice," although clever and witty,— indeed, — "A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome ; Stiff iu opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts, but nothing long." Arlington... | |
 | London metrop. tabernacle - 1867 - Počet stránok 444
...particles of his character dissolve into ¿he fickleness and restlessness of Dryden's Zimri, who was " 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 loeg ; But... | |
 | National Association for the Promotion of Social Science (Great Britain) - 1868 - Počet stránok 770
...arena of the English law, because he had passed beyond it to far larger spheres, and was, indeed, " A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome!" Lord Mansfield led the Bar of England for twenty years with at least as high a mastery as... | |
 | Treasury - 1869 - Počet stránok 474
...David, but the king. part \, Line 512. Who think too little, and who talk too much. Part \. Line 534. 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... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, William Smith - 1869 - Počet stránok 420
...Buckingham). Some of their chiefs were princess 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,... | |
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