 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 ... - Strana 271autor/autoři: John Dryden - 1808Úplné zobrazení - Podrobnosti o knize
 | 1841 - 456 str.
...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... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1842 - 944 str.
...enoyment in their own minds. Mr. Dryden las expressed this very excellently in the character of Zimri: " A umstances by his looks, that I have sometimes employed myself f epitome. Stiff in opinion, always in the wrong, Was every thin? by starts, and nothing lohf I But in... | |
 | Thomas Shepherd Munden - 1844 - 348 str.
...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... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 278 str.
...(the last but three), is to be found in his immortal character of the Duke of Buckingham : — • 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 not/ting long ; But... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 372 str.
...line (the last but three), is to be found in his immortal character of the Duke of Buckingham:— 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... | |
 | Henry Allon - 1866 - 606 str.
...Russia, France, and Poland), were considered proficients in the gift of tongues. While Wyndham was thus " So various that he seemed to be Not one but all mankind's epitome" — he was also ready to speak in the House when it was thought necessary by his friends or... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1846 - 482 str.
...character of this highly-gifted but profligate nobleman, is thus graphically described by Dryden: " A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's, epitome ; Stiff in opinion — always in the wrong — Was every thing by starts, tut nothing long;... | |
 | Anthony Hamilton (Count), Charles II (King of England), Thomas Blount - 1846 - 562 str.
...Dryden's character of him is in these lines : — " 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 every thing by starts, and nothing long, But,... | |
 | James Thorne - 1847 - 480 str.
...considerable ability ; even Dryden, in the exquisite portrait of him as Zimri, admits that he was " A man so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome :" though he somewhat qualifies the praise — if praise it be— in the next lines : — "... | |
 | 1847 - 486 str.
...tranquillity ; so that I soon became the fac simile of Dryden's pasquinade upon the royal duke — " A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind') epitome ; Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was every thing by (tarts, and nothing... | |
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