 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
 | Alan L. Mackay - Science - 1991 - 312 pages
...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, statesman, and buffoon. Absalom and Achitophel I, 545 89 Mere poets are sottish as... | |
 | Francis Parkman - History - 1991 - 1012 pages
...heads toward Fort Laramie, then about seven hundred miles to the westward. Chapter V. THE 'BIG BLUE.' "A man so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome, Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was even' thing by starts, and nothing long, But in... | |
 | James Boswell - Literary Criticism - 1994 - 450 pages
...whenever he was out of her sight. He, even more than the statesman portrayed in Dryden's poem, was A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome. Needless to say, a temperament like this is sometimes disconcerting to its possessor. In his... | |
 | Arthur Asa Berger - Language Arts & Disciplines - 220 pages
...unless the sarcasm is directed towards oneself 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, always in the wrong Was everything by starts and nothing long; But in the... | |
 | Robert Andrews - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1997 - 666 pages
...various, that he seemed tobe 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. JOHN DRYDEN, (1631-1700) British poet, dramatist, critic.... | |
 | Denis Mack Smith - History - 1997 - 556 pages
...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 the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman and buffoon. At once revolutionary and conservative, Catholic and an ti... | |
 | Connie Robertson - Reference - 1998 - 686 pages
...numerous was the herd of such Who think too little and who talk too much. 3026 Absalom and Achitophel ine epitome. Stiff in opinlons, always in the wrong; Was everything by starts, and nothing long: But, in... | |
 | Connie Robertson - Humor - 1998 - 404 pages
...numerous was the herd of such Who think too little and who talk too much. 1 1 88 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, in... | |
 | Rose A. Zimbardo - History - 1998 - 222 pages
...Ramble in St. James's Park" or in the Bayes's dance confusion of The Plain Dealer's Whitehall. Zimri, A man so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome. [545-546] is not a "self" but a kaleidoscope of splintered fragments. The portrait sounds... | |
 | Joseph Twadell Shipley - Foreign Language Study - 2001 - 688 pages
...hence alchemy and chemistry; see au I. As Dryden described many of us in Absalom and Achitophel (1681), 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... | |
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