 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
 | Cyrus Redding - Lancashire (England) - 1842 - 282 pages
...bearing the sobriquet of Tim Bobbin, who united in himself the qualities of Hogarth and those of Swift— A man so various that he seem'd to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome; And in the course of one revolving moon Was teacher, piper, patriot, and buffoon ; Then all... | |
 | John Wilson Croker - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1842 - 546 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... | |
 | John Wilson Croker - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1842 - 544 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 - American literature - 1844 - 692 pages
...same.] Some of their chiefs were princes of the land : In the first rank of these did Zimri stand ; tle grace my cause In speaking for myself. Yet by your gracious patience I Was ev'rything by starts, and nothing long ; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist,... | |
 | Elizabeth Stone - England - 1845 - 484 pages
...depravity. " 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...epitome ; Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was ev'rything by starts, and nothing long ; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chymist,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1845 - 878 pages
...scheme of redemption and of revenge." With this manly resolution, he prosecuted his journey to London. 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, but nothing long; Who, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist,... | |
 | Brian Vickers - Science - 1986 - 428 pages
...Girolamo Cardano. Cardano, lists of whose accomplishments 24 tend to make him sound like Dryden's Zimri ("A man so various, that he seem'd to be / Not one, but all Mankind's Epitome," who, "in the course of one revolving Moon, / Was Chymist, Fidler, States-Man, and Buffoon"),... | |
 | Alan L. Mackay - Science - 1991 - 312 pages
...1631-1700 88 [Of George Villiers, second Duke of Buckingham who 'made the whole body of vice his study'] A man so various that he seem'd to be Not one, but...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,... | |
 | Richard Jenkyns - Europe - 1992 - 526 pages
...Villicrs, Duke of Buckingham (himself a satirist), as Zimri: 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. StitTin Opinions, always in the Wrong; Was Everything by Starts, and Nothing long: But, in... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1902 - 368 pages
...resolution, he prosecuted his journey to London. CHAPTER XXVIII A man so various, that he teem'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,... | |
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