 | Robert Chambers - English language - 1837 - 342 pages
...happy sketch of a wayward, eccentric, and contradictory character. CHARACTER OF THE DOKE OP BUCKINGHAM. A man so various that he seem'd to be Not one, but...epitome: Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was every thing by starts and nothing long; But in the course of one revolving moon Was chemist, fiddler,... | |
 | John Dryden - 1837 - 478 pages
...of sprouting heads too long to 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 seem'd to he Not one, hut all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong ; Was every thing hy... | |
 | Fashion - 1849 - 468 pages
...Buckingham, as "Zimri," in Dryden's " 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 eve^rthing by starts, and nothing long, Who in the course of one revolving moon Was chemist, fiddler,... | |
 | Robert Bell - Poets, English - 1839 - 430 pages
...in the celebrated lines beginning — " Some of their chiefs were princes of the land ; In the first rank of these did Zimri stand, A man so various that he seem'd to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome," &c. The Rehearsal did not banish heroic plays from the stage with such complete effect as... | |
 | Fashion - 1867 - 738 pages
...his name calls up ! He it was whom Dryden immortalized as " A man so various, that he seem'd to bo Not one, but all mankind's epitome ; Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by turns, and nothing long ; Who, in the course of one revolving moon, Was fiddler, chymist, statesman,... | |
 | Boz, Charles Dickens - England - 1839 - 346 pages
...SAYINGS AND DOINGS," "JACK BRAO," &C. In Two Volumes, 12mo. MEMOIRS OF COMEDIAN. BY MRS. MATHEWS. " A man so various, that he seem'd to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome." — DRYDEN. Proteus for shape, and mocking-bird for tongue. In Two Volumes, Royal 12mo. ELVIRA... | |
 | Literature - 1841 - 500 pages
...courted."—History of his o'wn times. Dryden's well known character of him is in these lines. "In the first rank of these did Zimri stand; A man so various, that...epitome; Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was every thing by starts and nothing long; But, in the course of one revolving moon Was chemist, ndler,... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1841 - 844 pages
...SECOND DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM. FROM THR SAME. SOME of their chiefs were princes of the land ; In the first rank of these did Zimri stand : A man so various, that he seem'd to be .V '! one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong ; Was everything by starts,... | |
 | W. Thomas - Biography & Autobiography - 1978 - 248 pages
...conclude with his political activities: Some of their Chiefs were Princes of the Land: In the first Rank of these did Zimri stand: A man so various, that he seem'd to be [545] Not one, but all Mankinds Epitome. Stiff in Opinions, always in the wrong; Was every thing by... | |
 | Denys Thompson - Literary Criticism - 1978 - 252 pages
...extremely clever show-piece, with 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... | |
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In the first rank of these did Zimri stand ; A man so various, that he seem'd to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome... 
