 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
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - 1866 - 726 pages
...be wrought fusil or graven in metaL J. MILTON 848 VILLIERS, DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM, DELINEATED AS ZIMRI 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,... | |
 | Great Britain - 1867 - 972 pages
...— like a man " who had studied the whole body of vice," although clever and witty,— indeed, — "A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome ; Stiff iu opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts, but nothing long." Arlington... | |
 | London metrop. tabernacle - 1867 - 444 pages
...particles of his character dissolve into ¿he fickleness and restlessness of Dryden's Zimri, who was " 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 loeg ; But... | |
 | Science - 1874 - 276 pages
...is a source of embarrasment ; for Priestley was a man of so many and such diverse acquirements — A man so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome ; his energy and the power of his application were so intense, the range of his work so wide,... | |
 | George Bryan - Chelsea (London, England) - 1869 - 242 pages
...Absalom and Achitophel, has drawn the following portrait of this nobleman 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 long; But... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, William Smith - English literature - 1869 - 420 pages
...Buckingham). Some of their chiefs were princess 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,... | |
 | Treasury - 1869 - 474 pages
...David, but the king. part \, Line 512. Who think too little, and who talk too much. Part \. Line 534. 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... | |
 | Alfred Henderson - Proverbs, Latin - 1869 - 526 pages
...down as so much gain. Quemvis hominem secum adtulit ad nos. Juv. — He is a Jack of all trades. " A man so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome. DRYDEN. Quemcunque mtserum videris, hominem scias. SEN. — Whenever you see a fellow-creature... | |
 | William Davis (B.A.) - 1869 - 200 pages
...ZIMRI. 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,... | |
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