 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 chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon: Then...  Specimens of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical Notices, and ... - Strana 307autor/autoři: Thomas Campbell - 1841 - 716 str.Úplné zobrazení - Podrobnosti o knize
 | Charles Knight - 1858 - 556 str.
...epitome : Stiff in opinion, always in the wrong, Was every thing by starts and nothing long ; But, iu the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler,...Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking." f ««Life," Partiii. p. 21. Drydcn, " Absalom and Achitophel." 3U4 THE CABAL MINISTRY. [1607. Ashley,... | |
 | Anthony Hamilton (Count), Charles II (King of England) - 1859 - 568 str.
...nothing long, But, in the course of one revolving moon. Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buftbon ; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides...! Railing and praising were his usual themes, And hoth, to shew his judgment, in extremes ; So over violent, or over civil, That every man with him was... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1859 - 550 str.
...immortal character of the Duke of Buckingham : — A n;an so various, that he seemed to be Not one, out all mankind's epitome : , Stiff in opinions, always...fiddler, statesman, and buffoon : Then all for women, rhyming, dancing, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking Blest madman! who could... | |
 | Denys Thompson - 1978 - 252 str.
...of Buckingham: 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,...long; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chymist, fiddler, statesman and buffoon; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Beside ten... | |
 | David Daiches - 1979 - 336 str.
...and balanced: 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,...long; But in the course of one revolving moon Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon; . . . The description of Monmouth (as Absalom) courting the... | |
 | Alan L. Mackay - 1991 - 312 str.
...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,...moon, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon. Absalom and Achitophel I, 545 89 Mere poets are sottish as mere drunkards are, who live in a continual... | |
 | Richard Jenkyns - 1992 - 526 str.
...did Zimri stand: A Man so various, that he seem'd to be Not one. but all Mankind's Epitome. StitTin Opinions, always in the Wrong; Was Everything by Starts,...long: But, in the Course of one revolving Moon, Was Chymist, Fidler, States-man, and Buffoon; Then all for Women, Painting, Rhiming, Drinking, Besides... | |
 | Arthur Asa Berger - 220 str.
...and turned into a form of victim humor. Satire (language) A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome: Stiff in opinions,...But in the course of one revolving moon Was chemist, statesman, fiddler, and buffoon; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking Besides ten thousand... | |
 | Robert Andrews - 1997 - 666 str.
...Cressida, act 3, sc. 2, I. 77-80 (1609). Inconsistency 1 A man so various, that he seemed tobe Not one, but all mankind's epitome. Stiff in opinions,...moon Was chemist, fiddler, statesman and buffoon. JOHN DRYDEN, (1631-1700) British poet, dramatist, critic. "Absalom and Achitophel," pt. 1,1.545-50(1681).... | |
 | Denis Mack Smith - 1997 - 556 str.
...champion of tradition, at another the herald of a new age. Stiff in opinions, always in the wrongi Was everything by starts, and nothing long; But, in...moon, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman and buffoon. At once revolutionary and conservative, Catholic and an ti religious, socialistic and bourgeois, the... | |
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