 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
 | London metrop. tabernacle - 1867 - 444 pages
...particles of his character dissolve into ¿he fickleness and restlessness of Dryden's Zimri, who was " 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 loeg ; But... | |
 | William Davis (B.A.) - 1869 - 200 pages
...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 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,... | |
 | George Bryan - Chelsea (London, England) - 1869 - 244 pages
...and Achitophel, has drawn the following portrait of this nobleman in the character of Zimri : — " A man so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, He's every thing by starts, and nothing long ; But... | |
 | Alfred Henderson - Proverbs, Latin - 1869 - 526 pages
...down as so much gain. Quemvis hominem secum adtulit ad nos. Juv. — He is a Jack of all trades. " A man so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome. DRYDEN. Quemcunque mtserum videris, hominem scias. SEN. — Whenever you see a fellow-creature... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, William Smith - English literature - 1869 - 420 pages
...Buckingham). Some of their chiefs were princess 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,... | |
 | Treasury - 1869 - 474 pages
...David, but the king. part \, Line 512. Who think too little, and who talk too much. Part \. 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... | |
 | Daniel Scrymgeour - 1870 - 644 pages
...Against the crown, and skulked behind the laws. 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 ; 1 Others... | |
 | History - 1870 - 696 pages
...which, in fact, reminds us of nothing so much as Dryden's famous description of Achitophel, — " A man so various that he seemed to be, Not one, but all mankind's epitome." So is it with Robert Browning's poem. It seems to contain every thing — the buried wisdom... | |
 | Walter Thornbury - England - 1870 - 344 pages
...died of a cold, caught out hunting. So perished Zimri. We all remember the sharp scourging lines : " 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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