 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
 | Brian Vickers - 1986 - 428 sivua
...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"),... | |
 | Alan L. Mackay - 1991 - 312 sivua
...1631-1700 88 [Of George Villiers, second Duke of Buckingham who 'made the whole body of vice his study'] 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... | |
 | Richard Jenkyns - 1992 - 526 sivua
...Achitophel the notorious description of George Villicrs, Duke of Buckingham (himself a satirist), as Zimri: 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. StitTin Opinions, always in the Wrong; Was Everything by Starts, and Nothing long: But, in... | |
 | Steven N. Zwicker - 1998 - 362 sivua
...it standing in its place."4 Here are a few of Dryden's fine strokes directed at Buckingham's neck: A man so various, that he seem'd to be Not one, but Mankinds epitome. Stiff in Opinions, always in the wrong; Was every thing by starts, and nothing long:... | |
 | Alexandre Beljame - 1998 - 528 sivua
...enforced resentful silence, by painting Buckingham in the immortal character of Zimri : In the f1rst 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... | |
 | Walter Scott - 2001 - 356 sivua
...and of revenge.' With this manly resolution, he prosecuted his journey to London. 262 CHAPTER XXVIII 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, but nothing long... | |
 | Paul Hammond - 2002 - 484 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 seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome. Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything... | |
 | Cheryl Wanko - 2003 - 286 sivua
...him not intimately, was a versatile character, formed by nature on a plan similar to Dryden's Zimri: A man so various, that he seem'd to be Not one but all mankind's epitome — But this is not the precise idea . . . The precise idea can be obtained only by the biographer... | |
 | William Andrews Clark Memorial Library Staff, William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, University of California, Los Angeles. Center for 17th- & 18th- Century Studies, University of California, Los Angeles, Center for 17th- & 18th- Century Studies Staff - 2004 - 370 sivua
...Epilogue). Contrast with this the knowing humour that animates his character of Zimri two years later: A man so various that he seem'd to be Not one, but all Mankinds Epitome. Stiff in Opinions, always in the wrong, Was every thing by starts, and nothing long;... | |
 | Joseph Roach - 2007 - 284 sivua
...intimacy that only learned malice can perfectly inspire: 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... | |
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