 | John Dryden - 1832 - 342 pagina’s
...of the land ; In the first rank of these did Zimri stand ; A man so various, that he seem'd to be nt Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions,...long ; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon : 550 Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pagina’s
...poets yet! JOHN DRYDEN. [From " Absalom and AchitopM."} A CHARACTER. 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,... | |
 | 1833 - 270 pagina’s
...he seem'd to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinion, always in the wrong ; \V;is every thing by starts, and nothing long ; But in the...one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman und buffoon • Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1834 - 516 pagina’s
...in so various, that he seem'd to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome ; Stiff in opinions, . Iways in the wrong, Was every thing by starts, and nothing...Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking. Flest madman- who could every hour employ. With something new to wish, or to enjoy ! Ri.il'ng and praising... | |
 | 1836 - 932 pagina’s
...that he seem'd to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome. Stiff in opinion, always in tin- wrong; Wan s than jealous men, when the person who provoked their...furiously, and throws off all the mixtures of suspicion w Besidea ten thousand freaks that dy'd in thinking. Bl«nt madman, who could every hour employ, With... | |
 | Thomas Peregrine Courtenay - 1836 - 556 pagina’s
...nowhere more faithfully delineated than in " Absalom and Achitophel," under the name of Zimri ; Who in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon. He was violently opposed to Clarendon, hated Ormond, and was no friend to Arlington. — Clarendon's... | |
 | Thomas Peregrine Courtenay - 1836 - 556 pagina’s
...nowhere more faithfully delineated than in " Absalom and Achitophel," under the name of Zimri ; Who in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon. He was violently opposed to Clarendon, hated Ormond, and was no friend to Arlington. — Clarendon's... | |
 | Alan L. Mackay - 1991 - 312 pagina’s
...Duke of Buckingham who 'made the whole body of vice his study'] A man so various that he seem'd 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,... | |
 | Francis Parkman - 1991 - 1012 pagina’s
...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 even' thing by starts, and nothing long, But in the space of one revolving moon, Was gamester, chemist,... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1902 - 368 pagina’s
...resolution, he prosecuted his journey to London. CHAPTER XXVIII A man so various, that he teem'd to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome; Stiff in opinions...-always in the -wrong — Was every thing by starts, but nothing long ; Who, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon... | |
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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 chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then... 
