 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, statesman, and buffoon: Then...  Selections from the British Poets - Página 1801840Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Niccolò Forteguerri - 1822 - 280 páginas
...no more wilt weigh my eyelids down, And steep my senses in forgetfilness!" Shakespeare, Hen. IV. " In the first rank of these did Zimri stand : A man...various, that he seem'd to be Not one, but all mankind's epit6meV' Dryden, Abs. and Achit. " Reason's whole pleasure, all the joys of sense, Lie in three words,... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - 820 páginas
...that is wonderfully well finished by Mr. Dryden, and raised upon the same foundation : In the fir^t rank of these did Zimri stand : A man so various,...long ; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon : Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking. Besides... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - 1824 - 406 páginas
...; Held up the buckler of the people's cause Against the Crown, and skulk'd behind the laws. DRYDEN. CHARACTER OF ZIMRI. SOME of their chiefs were princes...epitome ; Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong ; Was every thing by starts, and nothing long ; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chymist, fiddler,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 páginas
...believing right. Such were the tools : but a whole Hydra more Remains of sprouting heads too long to score. e smiling mom With thy bright circlet, praise him in thy sphere, every thing by starts, and nothing long; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler,... | |
 | Richard Warner - 1824 - 434 páginas
...great, because it is so small," , the duke cried out, ' Then 'twould be greater, were it none at all.' " Some of their chiefs were princes of the land : In...: A man so various, that he seem'd to be, Not one, bat all mankind's epitome; Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was every thing by starts, and nothing... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1825 - 600 páginas
...a whole Hydra more Remains of sprouting heads too long to seore. Some of their ehiefs were prinees re the languid sun, Faint, from the west emits his ev'ning ray, Earth's universal faee, deep hid, every thing by starts, and nothing long ; But, in the eourse of one revolving moon, M'as ehemist, fiddler,... | |
 | John Bull - 1825 - 782 páginas
...e best liquor La, to be sure !" CHARACTER ОТ THS СК1.КВП А ГЕ1) DUKE OF DICKING 11 Л Ы. Some of their chiefs were princes of the land : In...; A man so various, that he seem'd to be Not one, hut all mankind's epitome ; Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong ; Was every thing by start.-, und... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1828 - 432 páginas
...parallel character, that is wonderfully well-finished by Mr. Dryden, and raised upon the same foundation : In the first rank of these did Zimri stand : A man...epitome. Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong ; Was every thing by starts, and nothing long : But, in the course of one revolving moon, , Was chemist,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1831 - 542 páginas
...character of this highly-gifted but profligate nobleman , is thus graphically described by Dryden ; " A man so various that he seem'd to be Not one, but...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,... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 páginas
...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,...long; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon : Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking. Besides... | |
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