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 all... A Handbook of English Composition - Page 286de James Morgan Hart - 1895 - 360 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
| James Ferguson - 1823 - 438 pages
...same foundation : 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, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler,... | |
| British essayists - 1823 - 820 pages
...same foundation : In the fir^t 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 chemist, fiddler,... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 pages
...princes of the land; In the first rank of these did Zimri stand: A man so various, that he seem'd to be e this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair ; thyself how wondrous then ! laspeakable, w thing by starts, and nothing long; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler,... | |
| Richard Alfred Davenport - 1824 - 406 pages
...princes of the land : 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 every thing by starts, and nothing long ; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chymist, fiddler,... | |
| 1824 - 292 pages
...rank of these did /imri stand: A man so various, that he seem'd to be - t No. 163. THE SPECTATOR. 7 Not one, but all mankind's epitome. Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong; Was every thing by starts, and nothing long; But in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman,... | |
| Richard Warner - 1824 - 434 pages
...: In the first rank of these did Zimri stand : A man so various, that he seem'd to be, Not one, bat all mankind's epitome; Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was every thing by starts, and nothing long ; But in the course of one revolving moon, Was chymist, fidler, statesman,... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1825 - 600 pages
...prinees of the land ; In the first rank of these did Zimri stand : A man so various, that he seem'd to be ! thing by starts, and nothing long ; But, in the eourse of one revolving moon, M'as ehemist, fiddler,... | |
| John Bull - 1825 - 782 pages
...: In the first rank of these did Zimri stand ; A man so various, that he seem'd to be Not one, hut all mankind's epitome ; Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong ; Was every thing by start.-, und nothing long; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chymist, fiddler,... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1828 - 432 pages
...same foundation : 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 every thing by starts, and nothing long : But, in the course of one revolving moon, , Was chemist, fiddler,... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1831 - 542 pages
...profligate nobleman , is thus graphically described by Dryden ; " 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, Who in the course of one revolving moon Was chemist, fiddler, statesman,... | |
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