 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, statesman, and buffoon: Then...  A Catalogue of the Royal and Noble Authors of England, Scotland, and Ireland ... - Page 305by Horace Walpole - 1806Full view - About this book
 | Periodicals - 1833 - 270 pages
...self was the idol to which he sacrificed every thing. Dryden, who knew him well, described him as, A man so various that he seem'd 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... | |
 | Walter Scott - English literature - 1834 - 516 pages
...Some of their chiefs were princes of the land : In the first • ank of these did Zimri stand ; A m in so various, that he seem'd 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... | |
 | Walter Scott - Chivalry - 1834 - 486 pages
...Some of their chiefs were princes of the land : In the first rank of these did Zimri stand ; A min so various, that he seem'd to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome ; Stiff in opinions, <ilways in the wrong, Was every thing by starts, and nothing long; But, in the course of one revolving... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 402 pages
...the human mind. This is the reason why folk are never weary of talking, reading, and writing about a man — " So various, that he seem'd to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome." 495. Johnson's Courtship. I have often heard my mother say she perfectly remembered Johnson's... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1835 - 460 pages
...the human mind. This is the reason why folk are never weary of talking, reading, and writing about a man — " So various, that he seem'd to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome." 495. Johnson's Courtship. I have often heard my mother say she perfectly remembered Johnson's... | |
 | 1836 - 932 pages
...Dryden, and raised upon the same founcla tiori : In the first rank of these did Zimri stand : A man »n re, among the other torments which this passion produces, we may usually o opinion, always in tin- wrong; Wan every thing by starts, and nothing long; But, in the course, of... | |
 | John Wilson Croker - 1836 - 656 pages
...the human mind. This is the reason why folk are never weary of talking, reading, and writing about a man — " So various, that he seem'd to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome." 495. Johnson's Courtship. I have often heard my mother say she perfectly remembered Johnson's... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English language - 1837 - 342 pages
...happy sketch of a wayward, eccentric, and contradictory character. CHARACTER OF THE DOKE OP BUCKINGHAM. A man so various that he seem'd to be Not one, but...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,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English language - 1837 - 294 pages
...happy sketch of a wayward, eccentric, and contradictory character. CHARACTER OP THE DDKE OF BUCKINGHAM. A man so various that he seem'd to be Not one, but...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,... | |
 | John Dryden - 1837 - 482 pages
...score. Some of their chiefs were 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...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,... | |
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