 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
 | Denys Thompson - Literary Criticism - 1978 - 252 pages
...brilliant character sketches like that of Buckingham: 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... | |
 | David Daiches - 1979 - 336 pages
...that of Shaftesbury, but no less complex and balanced: 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... | |
 | Merriam-Webster, Inc - Antonyms - 1984 - 950 pages
...type representing a whole <a man who is the abstract of all faults that all men follow— Shak.) <a man so various that he seemed to be not one, but all mankind's epitome— Dryden) Brief is usually narrowly applied in legal use to a concise statement of a client's... | |
 | Charles Haddon Spurgeon - Religion - 1990 - 340 pages
...all that David was not an untried man! We have all been enriched by his painful experience. He was "A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome." May it not be a blessing to others that we also are tried? If BO, ought we not to be right... | |
 | James Boswell - Literary Criticism - 1994 - 450 pages
...whenever he was out of her sight. He, even more than the statesman portrayed in Dryden's poem, was A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome. Needless to say, a temperament like this is sometimes disconcerting to its possessor. In his... | |
 | Francis Parkman - History - 1991 - 1012 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 even' thing by starts, and nothing long, But in... | |
 | Arthur Asa Berger - Language Arts & Disciplines - 220 pages
...the sarcasm is directed towards oneself and turned into a form of victim humor. Satire (language) 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... | |
 | Connie Robertson - Reference - 1998 - 686 pages
...numerous was the herd of such Who think too little and who talk too much. 3026 Absalom and Achitophel A e epitome. Stiff in opinlons, always in the wrong; Was everything by starts, and nothing long: But, in... | |
 | Rose A. Zimbardo - History - 1998 - 222 pages
...Ramble in St. James's Park" or in the Bayes's dance confusion of The Plain Dealer's Whitehall. Zimri, A man so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome. [545-546] is not a "self" but a kaleidoscope of splintered fragments. The portrait sounds... | |
 | Connie Robertson - Humor - 1998 - 404 pages
...numerous was the herd of such Who think too little and who talk too much. 1 1 88 Absalom and Achitophel 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... | |
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