 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
 | William Francis Collier - 1862 - 678 pages
...BUCKINGHAM. 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 ev'rything by starts, and nothing long ; But,... | |
 | William Francis Collier - American literature - 1862 - 550 pages
...BUCKINOiHAM. 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 ev'rything by starts, and nothing long ; But,... | |
 | Thomas Arnold - 1862 - 452 pages
...— " 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 fits, and nothing long ; But, in... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1863 - 312 pages
...instability, which neutralises all. The bright and glittering Villiers, second Duke of Buckingham — A man so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome ; the favourite of his sovereign, the darling of the crowd — ' wit, poet, statesman, critic—... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Great Britain - 1864 - 546 pages
...character of this highly-gifted but profligate nobleman, in thus graphically described by Dryden: " 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, but nothing long... | |
 | Joseph Addison - English essays - 1864 - 472 pages
...in their own minds. Mr. Dryden las 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... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1865 - 252 pages
...ZHTBI. 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 ev"rything by starts, and nothing long ; But,... | |
 | John Bartlett - Quotations - 1865 - 504 pages
...David, but the king. Purl i. Line 512. Who think too little, and who talk too much. Part i. Line 534. 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... | |
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - 1866 - 726 pages
...wrought fusil or graven in metaL J. MILTON 848 VILLIERS, DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM, DELINEATED AS ZIMRI 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,... | |
 | Great Britain - 1867 - 972 pages
...like a man " who had studied the whole body of vice," although clever and witty,— indeed, — "A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome ; Stiff iu opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts, but nothing long." Arlington... | |
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