 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
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1870 - 730 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... | |
 | Henry Carrington Alexander - Clergy - 1870 - 472 pages
...fancies): " Some of their chiefs were princes of the land ; In the first ranks of these did Zimri stand ; A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome." Such encomium is, I think, not extravagant. He verily seemed to know everything. There were... | |
 | American literature - 1871 - 730 pages
...Views, Ace., inserted loose, for illustrating. 4 vols., 8vo, cloth, uncut. London, 1838-39. $25.00 " A man so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome." — DrydfH, MAXWELL, WH "Wild Sports of the West. Interspersed with Legendary Tales and Local... | |
 | 1871 - 550 pages
...lived. To him more truly than to the man of whom they were written do the poet's lines apply :— " A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome." At all events, there was hardly a career of earthly distinction in which his native talents... | |
 | Great Britain - 1871 - 266 pages
...universal genius of Raleigh fills one with amazement : of no one could it be said with so much truth, "A man, so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome." "Raleigh," says Macaulay, "the soldier, the sailor, the scholar, the courtier, the orator,... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - English literature - 1871 - 564 pages
...which they covet. Dryden passes them all in review : ' 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... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1871 - 968 pages
...l68a. SOME of their chiefs were princes of the land ; In tht' first rank of these did Zinn i stand ; A hed ? Hovered thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, — Wretch eve epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong ; Was everything by starts, and nothing long ; But,... | |
 | Hippolyte Adolphe Taine - 1871 - 570 pages
...which they covet. Dryden passes them all in review : ' In the first rank of these did Zimri 1 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... | |
 | American literature - 1871 - 712 pages
...Portraits, views, &c., inserted loose for Soaring. 4 vols., 8vo, cloth, uncut. London, I'3'~39i $25.00 "A mm so various, that he seemed to be -Not one, but all mankind's epitome." — DRYDKN. KAYHEW. The Oood Genius that Turned Iwrything into Gold. Illustrations by George... | |
 | Great Britain - 1871 - 970 pages
...kept in the highest plenitude of pith ; intellectually, he was brilliant, powerful, vivid, and— " So various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome." Emotionally, however, he was matchless. Out of his emotions his whole nature was replenished... | |
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