 | Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1841 - 844 pages
...arm to shake the tree. CHARACTER OP GEORGE VILLIERS. THE SECOND DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM. FROM THR SAME. SOME of their chiefs were princes of the land ; In...Zimri stand : A man so various, that he seem'd to be .V '! one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong ; Was everything by starts,... | |
 | Literature - 1841 - 500 pages
...been courted."—History of his o'wn times. Dryden's well known character of him is in these lines. "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, always in the wrong, Was every thing by starts and nothing... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1844 - 692 pages
...the crowd his arm to shake the tree. [Cliaracttr of Viutert, Dvlx of BuckingJtam.] [From the same.] d слп I speak, More than pertains to feats of broil...little grace my cause In speaking for myself. Yet but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong. Was ev'rything by starts, and nothing... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1844 - 662 pages
...little elevated,) " it is an impudent satire on glorious John ; but he tickled Buckingham off for it. ' In the first rank of these did Zimri stand; A man so various ' " " Hold your peace ! " said Bunce, drowning the voice of the admirer of Dryden in louder and more... | |
 | Elizabeth Stone - England - 1845 - 472 pages
...Absalom and Achitophel, was sketched for Buckingham, and portrays him minutely and accurately : — " Some of their chiefs were princes of the land : In...; 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 ev'rything by starts, and nothing... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - Humor - 1846 - 282 pages
...believing right. Such were the tools ; but a whole hydra more Remains of sprouting heads too long to score. Some of their chiefs were princes of the land. In...; 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 everything by starts, and nothing... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1846 - 290 pages
...believing right. Such were the tools ; but a whole hydra more Remains of sprouting heads too long to score. Some of their chiefs were princes of the land. In...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 everything by starts, and nothing... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1846 - 416 pages
...believing right. Such were the tools ; but a whole hydra more Remains of sprouting heads too long to score. Some of their chiefs were princes of the land. In...; 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 everything by starts, and nothing... | |
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In the first rank of these did Zimri ' stand, 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... 
