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 361de Anthony Hamilton (Count), Charles II (King of England), Thomas Blount - 1846 - 546 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Richard Alfred Davenport - 1824 - 406 páginas
...skulk'd behind the laws. DRYDEN. CHARACTER OF ZIMRI. 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 ; Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong ; Was every... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1825 - 600 páginas
...more Remains of sprouting heads too long to seore. Some of their ehiefs were prinees of the land ; sun, Faint, from the west emits his ev'ning ray, Earth's universal fa seem'd to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong ; Was every... | |
| John Bull - 1825 - 782 páginas
...: In the first rank of these did Zimri stand ; 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 nothing long; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chymist, fiddler, statesman,... | |
| Walter Scott - 1825 - 434 páginas
...little elevated,) " it is an impudent satire on glorious John ; but he tickled Buckingham off for it— In the first rank of these did Zimri stand ; A man so various " " Hold your peace," said Bunce, drowning the voice of the admirer of Dryden in louder and more vehement... | |
| John Harman Bedford - 1825 - 250 páginas
...for wear, and valued women with Turkish precision ; he was fiery, and ever "Stiff in extremes, and always in the wrong,. Was every thing by starts, and nothing long ; One day for fiddling, rhyming, dancing, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking... | |
| Walter Scott - 1826 - 284 páginas
...redemption and of revenge." With this manly resolution he prosecuted his journey to London. CHAPTER XII. 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, but nothing long; Who, in the course... | |
| George Lewis Smyth - 1826 - 556 páginas
...yet too long and too coarse for insertion here. The following lines, therefore, must suffice : — A man so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome ; Stiffin opinions, always in the wrong, Was every thing by fits, and nothing long ; But in... | |
| George Lewis Smyth - 1826 - 1042 páginas
...is yet too long and too coarse for insertion here. The following lines, therefore, must suffice :— A man so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome 7 Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was every thing by fits, and nothing long ; But in... | |
| John Elihu Hall - 1826 - 230 páginas
...memory, who retain information a week old, may recollect, in my last number, a portrait of Meander — " A man so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome ; Who, in the course of one revolving moon, Was poet, painter, lover, and buffoon ; Then all... | |
| Walter Scott - 1826 - 310 páginas
...little elevated,) " it is an impudent satire on glorious John, but he tickled Buckingham off for it— ' In the first rank of these did Zimri stand; A man so various ' " " Hold your peace," said Bunce, drowning the voice of the admirer of Dryden in louder and more... | |
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