 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...  Essays of John Dryden - Page 197by John Dryden - 1882 - 218 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ireland - 1852 - 892 pages
...difference,") the celebrated lines of Dryden are not inapplicable to the subject of our notice : " A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome." It was his happy destiny to cultivate assicliously the powers of an acute intellect, and... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - American literature - 1852 - 344 pages
...will at all events try the experiments. Here they be : " 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,... | |
 | Spectator The - 1853 - 1118 pages
...eqioymm: in their own minds. Mr. Dryden has expressed this very excdlently in the character of Zimri.* " A man so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome. Stiff in opinion, always in the wrong. Was everything by start*, and nothing long; But in... | |
 | John Dryden - English poetry - 1854 - 324 pages
...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 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,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1854 - 340 pages
...of his life, are sufficient for history and moral. Neither will ever be forgotten or surpassed:— " 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,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1854 - 338 pages
...his life, are sufficient for history and moral. Neither will ever be forgotten or surpassed : — " 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,... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - Great Britain - 1855 - 570 pages
...Restoration — His Wit and conversational Talents — Anecdotes — Instances of his whimsical Caprice. " 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... | |
 | 1856 - 420 pages
...enjoyment in their own minds. Mr. Dryden has expressed this very excellently in the character of Zimri : A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome. Stiff in opinion, always in the wrong, Was every thing by starts, and nothing long ! But in... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1854 - 542 pages
...finished, by Mr. Uryden, 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 everything by starts, and nothing long : But,... | |
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