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... Classical and Foreign Quotations: A Polyglot Manual of Historical and ... - Page 108edited by - 1904 - 412 pagesFull view - About this book
| Medicine - 1830 - 602 pages
...speaking of the mutability of man, says — nil fitit unquam sic impar sibi — and Dryden's lines — Л 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, and nothing lung ; But... | |
| Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...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 all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking. Besides... | |
| Periodicals - 1833 - 270 pages
...to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinion, always in the wrong ; \V;is every thing by starts, and nothing long ; But in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman und buffoon • Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides... | |
| Walter Scott - English literature - 1834 - 516 pages
...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, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking. Besides... | |
| 1836 - 932 pages
...seem'd to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome. Stiff in opinion, always in tin- wrong; Wan every thing us men, when the person who provoked their jealousy is taken from them. The chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ! Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking. Besidea... | |
| Robert Chambers - English language - 1837 - 294 pages
...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, statesman, and buffoon : Then all for preaching, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides... | |
| Robert Chambers - English language - 1837 - 342 pages
...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, statesman, and buffoon : Then all for preaching, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides... | |
| John Dryden - 1837 - 478 pages
...he Not one, hut all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong ; Was every thing hy starts, and nothing long ; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chvmist, fiddler, statesman, and huffoon :* Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinkin,. [i"g.... | |
| Fashion - 1849 - 468 pages
...Common Prayer." 1 See the character of Buckingham, as "Zimri," in Dryden's " Absalom and Achitophel" '' A man so various that he seemed to be, Not one, but all mankind's epitome ; Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was eve^rthing by starts, and nothing long, Who in... | |
| Mrs. Mathews (Anne Jackson) - Actors - 1839 - 532 pages
...Hangar HOUK, Shoe Lane. '. i"V*r cl> ^ .**• MEMOIRS OP CHARLES MATHEWS, COMEDIAN. BY MRS. MAT HEWS. ' A man so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome." — DRTDEH. ' Proteus for shape, and mocking-bird for tongue." VOL. IV. LONDON: MAR r ST... | |
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