 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...Remains of sprouting heads too long to score. Some of their chiefs were princes of the land; In the first ere, every thing by starts, and nothing long; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler,... | |
 | Richard Warner - 1824 - 434 pages
...'twould be greater, were it none at all.' " 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, bat all mankind's epitome; Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was every thing by starts, and nothing... | |
 | Spectator (London, England : 1711) - 1824 - 292 pages
...rank of these did /imri stand: A man so various, that he seem'd to be - t No. 163. THE SPECTATOR. 7 Not one, but all 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,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1825 - 600 pages
...of sprouting heads too long to seore. Some of their ehiefs were prinees of the land ; In the first from the west emits his ev'ning ray, Earth's universal faee, deep hid, every thing by starts, and nothing long ; But, in the eourse of one revolving moon, M'as ehemist, fiddler,... | |
 | John Bull - English wit and humor - 1825 - 782 pages
...СК1.КВП А ГЕ1) DUKE OF DICKING 11 Л Ы. 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, hut all mankind's epitome ; Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong ; Was every thing by start.-, und... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1828 - 432 pages
...that is wonderfully well-finished by Mr. Dryden, and raised upon the same foundation : In the first rank of these did Zimri stand : A man so various,...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,... | |
 | John Timbs - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1829 - 354 pages
...enjoyment in their own minds. Mr. Dryden has expressed this very excellency in the character of 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 nothing long! But in the course of one... | |
 | Laconics - 1829 - 358 pages
...enjoyment in their own mind>. Mr. Drvdeu has expressed tins very excclleiu-v in the character of Zimri: A man so various that he seem'd to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome. Was every thing by starts, and nothing long! Stiff in opinion, always in the wrong, But in... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Great Britain - 1831 - 542 pages
...character of this highly-gifted but profligate nobleman , is thus graphically described by Dryden ; " A man so various that he seem'd to be Not one, but...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,... | |
 | John Dryden - 1832 - 342 pages
...of sprouting heads too long to 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 nt Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong; Was every thing by... | |
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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... 
