 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...  Fraser's Magazine - Page 531860Full view - About this book
 | Eneas Sweetland Dallas - Poetics - 1852 - 310 pages
...And we can thus in a lesser degree say of every one what Dry den said of the Duke of Buckingham : " A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome." I. II. III. Dramatic art ; Epic art ; Lyrical art. Present ; Past ; Future. Plurality; Totality;... | |
 | Francis Parkman - Frontier and pioneer life - 1852 - 466 pages
...toward Fort Laramie, then about 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 every thing by starts, and nothing long, But in... | |
 | Spectator The - 1853 - 1118 pages
...eqioymm: in their own minds. Mr. Dryden has expressed this very excdlently in the character of Zimri.* " A man so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome. Stiff in opinion, always in the wrong. Was everything by start*, and nothing long; But in... | |
 | John Dryden - English poetry - 1854 - 324 pages
...score. Some of their chiefs were princes of the land ; 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,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1854 - 338 pages
...his life, are sufficient for history and moral. Neither will ever be forgotten or surpassed : — " 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,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1854 - 340 pages
...his life, are sufficient for history and moral. Neither will ever be forgotten or surpassed:— " 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,... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - Great Britain - 1855 - 568 pages
...Restoration — His Wit and conversational Talents — Anecdotes — Instances of his whimsical Caprice. " 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... | |
 | 1856 - 420 pages
...enjoyment in their own minds. Mr. Dryden has expressed this very excellently in the character of Zimri : A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome. Stiff in opinion, always in the wrong, Was every thing by starts, and nothing long ! But in... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1854 - 542 pages
...by Mr. Uryden, and raised upon the same foundation. 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,... | |
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