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" 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 the course of one revolving moon Was chymist,... "
Memoirs of the Court of Charles the Second - Página 361
de Anthony Hamilton (Count) - 1846 - 546 páginas
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Eminent Literary and Scientific Men: John Dryden. Two centuries of minor ...

Robert Bell - 1839 - 430 páginas
...Buckingham is drawn in the celebrated lines beginning — " Some of their chiefs were princes of the land ; In the first rank of these did Zimri stand, A man so various that he seem'd to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome," &c. The Rehearsal did not banish heroic plays from...
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Lord Brougham on Education

Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - 1839 - 100 páginas
...the strings forever ! such a one only can be a good instructer, who is thus described by the poet : " A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome." And what imparting powers are required in a teacher ! To so delight the young mind while...
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The Ladies' Cabinet of Fashion, Music & Romance

1867 - 738 páginas
...his name calls up ! He it was whom Dryden immortalized as " A man so various, that he seem'd to bo Not one, but all mankind's epitome ; Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by turns, and nothing long ; Who, in the course of one revolving moon, Was fiddler, chymist,...
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Selections from the British Poets, Volumen 1

1840 - 372 páginas
...princes of the land ; In the first rank of these did Zimri stand : 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 chymist, fiddler,...
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The Table Talker: Or, Brief Essays on Society and Literature, Volumen 2

Johnstone - 1840 - 386 páginas
...the gallant and the gay — the man of all accomplishments, and no virtue. See where he stands : — In the first rank of these did Zimri stand ; 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...
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Waldie's Select Circulating Library, Volumen 15

1841 - 500 páginas
...was as much avoided as even it had been courted."—History of his o'wn times. Dryden's well known character of him is in these lines. "In the first...of these did Zimri stand; 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 every...
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Madame de Sévigné and Her Contemporaries, Volumen 2

1841 - 764 páginas
...1718. IN November, 1712, Madame de Maintenon's letters to the Princess des Ursins betray the im* " A man so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but...mankind's epitome. Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, He's everything by starts, and nothmg long ; But in the course of one revolving moon, Was chymist,...
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Specimens of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical Notices, and ...

Thomas Campbell - 1841 - 844 páginas
...VILLIERS. THE SECOND DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM. FROM THR SAME. SOME of their chiefs were princes of the land ; In the first rank of these did Zimri stand : A man so various, that he seem'd to be .V '! one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong ; Was everything...
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Elements of Physics: Or Natural Philosophy, General and Medical

Neil Arnott - 1841 - 560 páginas
...Executor. In two handsome vcl -. MATHEWS'S MEMOIRS. MEMOIRS OF CHARLES MATHEWS, COMEDIAN, by Mrs. Mathews. A man so various, that he seemed to be, Not one, but all mankind's epitome. — Dryden. "Proteus for shape, and mocking bird for tongue." In two volumes, 12 mo. AX.8O...
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The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Volumen 38

1841 - 456 páginas
...reminds one of the qualifications of the worthy whom Dryden has " damned to everlasting fame" as *' A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome ; * ***** Every thing by starts, but nothing long." All this is accomplished in a little volume...
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