 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...  Eclectic Magazine: Foreign Literature - Stran 1931851Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | 1841 - 764 strani
...1718. IN November, 1712, Madame de Maintenon's letters to the Princess des Ursins betray the im* " A man so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but...mankind's epitome. Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, He's everything by starts, and nothmg long ; But in the course of one revolving moon, Was chymist,... | |
 | 1841 - 500 strani
...been courted."—History of his o'wn times. Dryden's well known character of him is in these lines. "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; Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was every... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1841 - 844 strani
...VILLIERS. THE SECOND DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM. FROM THR SAME. 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 .V '! one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong ; Was everything... | |
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...reminds one of the qualifications of the worthy whom Dryden has " damned to everlasting fame" as *' A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome ; * ***** Every thing by starts, but nothing long." All this is accomplished in a little volume... | |
 | Neil Arnott - 1841 - 560 strani
...Executor. In two handsome vcl -. MATHEWS'S MEMOIRS. MEMOIRS OF CHARLES MATHEWS, COMEDIAN, by Mrs. Mathews. A man so various, that he seemed to be, Not one, but all mankind's epitome. — Dryden. "Proteus for shape, and mocking bird for tongue." In two volumes, 12 mo. AX.8O... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1842 - 944 strani
...enoyment in their own minds. Mr. Dryden las expressed this very excellently in the character of Zimri: " rcumstances by his looks, that I have sometimes employed myself from Charing-Cross opinion, always in the wrong, Was every thin? by starts, and nothing lohf I But in tbe course of one... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 692 strani
...of Viutert, Dvlx of BuckingJtam.] [From the same.] Some of their chiefs were princes of the land : broil and battle ; And therefore shall I little grace my cause In sp seem'd to be, Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong. Was ev'rything... | |
 | Thomas Shepherd Munden - 1844 - 348 strani
...every other. His tragedy, which was never very good, became at last intolerable ; but he — " Was a man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome." He tried all sorts of experiments, — building, book-writing, book-selling, and the freak... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1844 - 662 strani
...little elevated,) " it is an impudent satire on glorious John ; but he tickled Buckingham off for it. ' In the first rank of these did Zimri stand; A man so various ' " " Hold your peace ! " said Bunce, drowning the voice of the admirer of Dryden in louder and more... | |
 | Gregory Godolphin - 1844 - 260 strani
...the Mormons or not, time will show. Here endeth the narrative of the indescribable Obadiah Keedle. " A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but many men's epitome." CHAPTER XX. CERTAIN MEMBERS OF CERTAIN CHURCHES. Colonel Henry Blumford, a member... | |
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