 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
 | Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1846 - 416 pages
...various, that he seem'd to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff" in opinion, 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... | |
 | Anthony Hamilton (Count) - Great Britain - 1846 - 564 pages
...137. 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,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Great Britain - 1846 - 482 pages
...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;... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1846 - 402 pages
...this only in one 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, bat all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts, and nothing... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1847 - 712 pages
...to be, Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong. Was ev'rything ess change Vary to our great Maker still new praise. Ye chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides... | |
 | James Thorne - Thames River (England) - 1847 - 480 pages
...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 pages
...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... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - London (England) - 1848 - 348 pages
...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... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - London (England) - 1848 - 334 pages
...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... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - London (England) - 1848 - 334 pages
...pleasure. He is now best known from Dryden's masterly portrait of him in the ' 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 everything by starts, and nothing long ; But... | |
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