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... Illustrations, Critical, Historical, Biographical, and Miscellaneous, of ... - Page 333by Richard Warner - 1824Full view - About this book
| Quotations, English - 1847 - 526 pages
...seem'd to be Not one but ail mankind's epitome. Stiff in opinion, 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 all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand... | |
| James Thorne - Thames River (England) - 1847 - 480 pages
...if praise it be— in the next lines : — " 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." (Absalom and Achitophel.) And what follows is well known. The worst... | |
| Quotations, English - 1847 - 540 pages
...seem'd to be Not one but all mankind's epitome. Stiff in opinion, 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 all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand... | |
| Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1847 - 712 pages
...to be, Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong. Was ev'rything ess change Vary to our great Maker still new praise. Ye chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides... | |
| James Waddel Alexander - Labor - 1847 - 300 pages
...Not one, but all mankind's epitome: Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was every thing by turns, and nothing long. But in the course of one revolving moon Was chymist, fuller, statesman, and buffoon." DBTDEN, THE character which Dryden gives of the witty and wicked Duke... | |
| Leigh Hunt - London (England) - 1848 - 334 pages
...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 all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides... | |
| Leigh Hunt - London (England) - 1848 - 334 pages
...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 all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides... | |
| John Fisher Murray - Thames River - 1849 - 388 pages
...Not one, but all mankind's epitome ; Stiff in opinion, always in thc wrong, Was everything by fits, and nothing long ; But in the course of one revolving moon, Was poet, statesman, fiddler, and buffoon : Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides a... | |
| Gilbert Burnet - Great Britain - 1850 - 996 pages
...describes him as Zimi in Absalom and Achitophcl." — " A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always...nothing long; But in the course of one revolving moon Wss chemist, fiddler, statesman and buffoon ; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides... | |
| Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1852 - 592 pages
..." In the first ranis; 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...long; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler,. statesman, and buffoon; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides... | |
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