 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
 | John Seely Hart - Readers - 1857 - 394 pages
...by his own proper light. CHARACTEB. OF VILLIERS, DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM. (From 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... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - Elocution - 1857 - 428 pages
...BUCKINGHAM. 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 every thing by starts and nothing long ; But,... | |
 | Katherine Thomson - 1860 - 376 pages
...the other side of the Channel — in England. And a strange character have we to deal with : — ' 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,... | |
 | Thomas Crofton Croker - London (England) - 1860 - 268 pages
...Mathews, when occupied in the composition of the 'Memoirs' of her husband,* the eminent comedian, — " A man so various, that he seemed to be, Not one, but all mankind's epitome." At No. 33 died Madame Delille, in 1857, at an advanced age. This lady was the mother of the... | |
 | George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates - English periodicals - 1898 - 632 pages
...Buckingham, might with equal aptitude have been applied to the second Earl of Bristol. He was, indeed, " A man so various, that he seemed to be, Not one, but all mankind's epitome." Yet among the various qualities presented to us with all the changing rapidity of a kaleidoscope,... | |
 | Thomas Crofton Croker - 1860 - 264 pages
...Mathews, when occupied in the composition of the ' Memoirs' of her husband,* the eminent comedian,— " A man so various, that he seemed to be, Not one, but all mankind's epitome." At No. 33 died Madame Delille, in 1857, at an advanced age. This lady was the mother of the... | |
 | 1860 - 860 pages
...given to laughter, but whenever she looked at Lord Curryfin during breakfast she could not quite supA man so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome, —passed through her mind as she looked at him. Lord Curryfin noticed the suppressed smile,... | |
 | 1863 - 568 pages
...favourites, the star of Charles II. 's brilliant, unprincipled court, one who was, as Dryden says — " A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but every man's epitome !" Can you not picture the brilliant rooms at Whitehall, the crowd of glittering... | |
 | Mrs. A. T. Thomson, Philip Wharton - Great Britain - 1861 - 504 pages
...master on the other side of the Channel — in England. And a strange character have we to deal with : " 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 long ; But,... | |
 | Thomas Love Peacock - 1861 - 334 pages
...disappearance and his quiet courtesy and remarkably good manners in company. The lines of Dryden — A man so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome, — passed through her mind as she looked at him. Lord Curryfin noticed the suppressed smile,... | |
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