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... The Yale Literary Magazine - Pagina 2041847Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
| Edmund Burke - 1870 - 712 pagina’s
...and 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... | |
| John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 476 pagina’s
...amongst Uie Uilse was lost. Absalam Senior. Note XVIII. 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. — P. 233. This inimitable description refers, as is well known, to the famous... | |
| John Dryden - 1808 - 482 pagina’s
...score. Some of their chiefs were princes of the land : In the first rank of these did Zimri J 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 every thing by starts, and nothing... | |
| Thomas Faulkner - 1810 - 514 pagina’s
...Absalom and Achitophel, has drawn the following admirable portrait of him 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... | |
| Edward Wedlake Brayley - 1816 - 932 pagina’s
...has only served to render his •want of judgment, and of principle, the more lamentably memorable : A man so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome. In squandering wealth nus his peculiar art, Nothing went unregarded, liul desert!... | |
| British essayists - 1819 - 316 pagina’s
...finished by Mr. Dryden, and raised upon the same foundation : In the first rank of these did Zinari 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 every thing by starts, and nothing... | |
| 1822 - 788 pagina’s
...the same foundation : ' In the lini rank or these did Zimrit itand : A nan so various that he seem'd tt you mure; and am, in Wai every thing by starts, and nothing long; But in the course of one rerolving moon, Was chemist,... | |
| James Ferguson - 1823 - 438 pagina’s
...wellfinished by Mr. Dryden, and raised upon the same foundation : 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 every thing by starts, and nothing... | |
| John Elihu Hall - 1826 - 230 pagina’s
...memory, who retain information a week old, may recollect, in my last number, a portrait of Meander — " A man so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome ; Who, in the course of one revolving moon, Was poet, painter, lover, and buffoon... | |
| Walter Scott - 1826 - 284 pagina’s
...redemption and of revenge." With this manly resolution he prosecuted his journey to London. CHAPTER XII. 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, but nothing... | |
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