 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
 | Hippolyte Adolphe Taine - 1871 - Počet stránok 570
...which they covet. Dryden passes them all in review : ' In the first rank of these did Zimri 1 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... | |
 | 1871 - Počet stránok 550
...lived. To him more truly than to the man of whom they were written do the poet's lines apply :— " A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome." At all events, there was hardly a career of earthly distinction in which his native talents... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1871 - Počet stránok 968
...l68a. SOME of their chiefs were princes of the land ; In tht' first rank of these did Zinn i stand ; shed ? Hovered thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, — Wretch eve epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong ; Was everything by starts, and nothing long ; But,... | |
 | 1871 - Počet stránok 266
...universal genius of Raleigh fills one with amazement : of no one could it be said with so much truth, "A man, so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome." "Raleigh," says Macaulay, "the soldier, the sailor, the scholar, the courtier, the orator,... | |
 | 1871 - Počet stránok 970
...kept in the highest plenitude of pith ; intellectually, he was brilliant, powerful, vivid, and— " So various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome." Emotionally, however, he was matchless. Out of his emotions his whole nature was replenished... | |
 | 1871 - Počet stránok 712
...Portraits, views, &c., inserted loose for Soaring. 4 vols., 8vo, cloth, uncut. London, I'3'~39i $25.00 "A mm so various, that he seemed to be -Not one, but all mankind's epitome." — DRYDKN. KAYHEW. The Oood Genius that Turned Iwrything into Gold. Illustrations by George... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1872 - Počet stránok 582
...will at all events try the experiment. Here they he : " 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, in... | |
 | Johnson Society - 1957 - Počet stránok 780
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