 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 everything by starts, and nothing long; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chymist,...  The First Canto of Ricciardetto - Sivu 170tekijä(t) Niccolò Forteguerri - 1822 - 232 sivuaKoko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | Walter Scott - 1834 - 486 sivua
...Some of their chiefs were princes of the land : In the first rank of these did Zimri stand ; A min so various, that he seem'd to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome ; Stiff in opinions, <ilways in the wrong, Was every thing by starts, and nothing long; But,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1834 - 516 sivua
...Some of their chiefs were princes of the land : In the first • ank of these did Zimri stand ; A m in so various, that he seem'd to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome ; Stiff in opinions, . Iways in the wrong, Was every thing by starts, and nothing long ; But,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 460 sivua
...the human mind. This is the reason why folk are never weary of talking, reading, and writing about a man — " So various, that he seem'd to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome." 495. Johnson's Courtship. I have often heard my mother say she perfectly remembered Johnson's... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 402 sivua
...the human mind. This is the reason why folk are never weary of talking, reading, and writing about a man — " So various, that he seem'd to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome." 495. Johnson's Courtship. I have often heard my mother say she perfectly remembered Johnson's... | |
 | John Wilson Croker - 1836 - 656 sivua
...the human mind. This is the reason why folk are never weary of talking, reading, and writing about a man — " So various, that he seem'd to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome." 495. Johnson's Courtship. I have often heard my mother say she perfectly remembered Johnson's... | |
 | John Dryden - 1837 - 482 sivua
...Hydra moro Remains of sprouting heads too long to score. Some of their chiefs were princes of the land; In the first rank of these did Zimri stand ; A man...various, that he seem'd to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong ; ^ Was every thing by starts, and nothing long \... | |
 | John Dryden - 1837 - 478 sivua
...more Remains of sprouting heads too long to score. 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 he Not one, hut all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong ; Was every thing hy... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1837 - 342 sivua
...happy sketch of a wayward, eccentric, and contradictory character. CHARACTER OF THE DOKE OP BUCKINGHAM. 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 thing by starts and nothing long; But in... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1837 - 294 sivua
...happy sketch of a wayward, eccentric, and contradictory character. CHARACTER OP THE DDKE OF BUCKINGHAM. 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 thing by starts and nothing long ; But... | |
 | Robert Bell - 1839 - 430 sivua
...Buckingham is drawn in the celebrated lines beginning — " Some of their chiefs were princes of the land ; In the first rank of these did Zimri stand, A man...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... | |
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