 A man so various, that he seem'd 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 chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon: Then...  Christian ethics and wise sayings, by a presbyter of the Church of England - Page 49by Christian ethics - 1883 - 277 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Dryden - 1837 - 478 pages
...he Not one, hut all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong ; Was every thing hy starts, and nothing long ; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chvmist, fiddler, statesman, and huffoon :* Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinkin,. [i"g.... | |
 | 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,... | |
 | 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,... | |
 | Robert Bell - Poets, English - 1839 - 430 pages
...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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | English poetry - 1840 - 372 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 seem'd to be Not one, but...long ; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon : Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides... | |
 | Francis Parkman - Travel - 1982 - 472 pages
...seven hundred miles to the westward. CHAPTER V. The 'Big Blue.' "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 in the space of one revolving moon, Was gamester, chemist,... | |
 | Brian Vickers - Science - 1986 - 428 pages
...Girolamo Cardano. Cardano, lists of whose accomplishments 24 tend to make him sound like Dryden's Zimri ("A man so various, that he seem'd to be / Not one, but all Mankind's Epitome," who, "in the course of one revolving Moon, / Was Chymist, Fidler, States-Man, and Buffoon"),... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1902 - 368 pages
...resolution, he prosecuted his journey to London. CHAPTER XXVIII A man so various, that he teem'd to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome; Stiff in opinions — -always in the -wrong — Was every thing by starts, but nothing long ; Who, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler,... | |
 | Richard Jenkyns - Europe - 1992 - 526 pages
...Villicrs, Duke of Buckingham (himself a satirist), as Zimri: 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. StitTin Opinions, always in the Wrong; Was Everything by Starts, and Nothing long: But, in... | |
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