 | 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...long ; But in the course of one revolving moon, Was chymist, fidler, statesman, and buffoon : Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides... | |
 | 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 d, eourse of one revolving moon, M'as ehemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon : Then all for women, painting,... | |
 | 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, statesman,... | |
 | John Harman Bedford - 1825 - 250 pages
...for wear, and valued women with Turkish precision ; he was fiery, and ever "Stiff in extremes, and always in the wrong,. Was every thing by starts, and nothing long ; One day for fiddling, rhyming, dancing, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking... | |
 | George Lewis Smyth - 1826 - 556 pages
...Not one, but all mankind's epitome ; Stiffin opinions, always in the wrong, Was every thing by fits, and nothing long ; But in the course of one revolving moon Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon. SHEFFIELD, DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM, KG Great Sheffield's Muse... | |
 | George Lewis Smyth - 1826 - 1042 pages
...Not one, but all mankind's epitome 7 Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was every thing by fits, and nothing long ; But in the course of one revolving moon Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon. no SHEFFIELD, DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM, KG Great Sheffield's Muse... | |
 | 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,...rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that dy'd in thinking. • Blest madman, who could every hour employ, With something new to wish, or to... | |
 | John Timbs - 1829 - 354 pages
...Zimri : A man so various that he seem'd to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome. Stiff in opinion, always in the wrong, Was every thing by starts, and...long! But in the course of one revolving moon, Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon. Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides... | |
 | 1830 - 602 pages
...mankind's epitome. Stiff in opinion, always in the wrong ; Was every thing by starts, and nothing lung ; But in the course of one revolving moon Was chemist,...Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking, are applicable to thousands besides the author of the Rehearsal. In all these cases and such as these,... | |
 | 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, and buffoon."... | |
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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... 
