 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...  The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected in Eighteen Volumes ... - Stran 271avtor: John Dryden - 1808Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | Edmund Burke - 1870 - 730 strani
...which, in fact, reminds us of nothing so much as Dryden's famous description of Achitophel, — " A man so various that he seemed to be, Not one, but all mankind's epitome." So is it with Robert Browning's poem. It seems to contain every thing — the buried wisdom... | |
 | Henry Carrington Alexander - 1870 - 472 strani
...fancies): " Some of their chiefs were princes of the land ; In the first ranks of these did Zimri stand ; A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome." Such encomium is, I think, not extravagant. He verily seemed to know everything. There were... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1871 - 968 strani
...l68a. SOME of their chiefs were princes of the land ; In tht' first rank of these did Zinn i stand ; A hed ? Hovered thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, — Wretch eve epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong ; Was everything by starts, and nothing long ; But,... | |
 | 1871 - 266 strani
...universal genius of Raleigh fills one with amazement : of no one could it be said with so much truth, "A man, so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome." "Raleigh," says Macaulay, "the soldier, the sailor, the scholar, the courtier, the orator,... | |
 | 1871 - 730 strani
...Views, Ace., inserted loose, for illustrating. 4 vols., 8vo, cloth, uncut. London, 1838-39. $25.00 " A man so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome." — DrydfH, MAXWELL, WH "Wild Sports of the West. Interspersed with Legendary Tales and Local... | |
 | Hippolyte Adolphe Taine - 1871 - 570 strani
...which they covet. Dryden passes them all in review : ' In the first rank of these did Zimri 1 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 in... | |
 | 1871 - 550 strani
...lived. To him more truly than to the man of whom they were written do the poet's lines apply :— " A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome." At all events, there was hardly a career of earthly distinction in which his native talents... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1871 - 564 strani
...which they covet. Dryden passes them all in review : ' 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 in... | |
 | 1871 - 970 strani
...kept in the highest plenitude of pith ; intellectually, he was brilliant, powerful, vivid, and— " So various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome." Emotionally, however, he was matchless. Out of his emotions his whole nature was replenished... | |
 | 1871 - 712 strani
...Portraits, views, &c., inserted loose for Soaring. 4 vols., 8vo, cloth, uncut. London, I'3'~39i $25.00 "A mm so various, that he seemed to be -Not one, but all mankind's epitome." — DRYDKN. KAYHEW. The Oood Genius that Turned Iwrything into Gold. Illustrations by George... | |
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