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" The one was fire and fickleness, a child Most mutable in wishes, but in mind A wit as various, — gay, grave, sage, or wild, — Historian, bard, philosopher combined : He multiplied himself among mankind, The Proteus of their talents : But his own Breathed... "
The Port Folio - Page 156
1817
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The Poetical Works of Lord Byron: With ... Notes and a Life of the ..., Volume 1

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1867 - 460 pages
...combined ; He multiplied himself among mankind, The Proteus of their talents : But his own Breathed most in ridicule, — which, as the wind, Blew where...Now to o'erthrow a fool, and now to shake a throne. CVII. The other, deep and slow, exhausting thought, And hiving wisdom with each studious year, In meditation...
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The poetical works of lord Byron, complete. (Pearl ed.).

George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1867 - 740 pages
...combined; He multiplied himself among mankind, The Proteus of their talents : But his own Breathed t o'erthrowa fool, and now to shake a throne. cvn. The other, deep and slow, exhausting thought, And...
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Shakspere: Some Notes on His Character and Writings

Ebenezer Forsyth - 1867 - 148 pages
...be soiled with imperfect thoughts. Byron (" Childe Harold") says of the historian Gibbon that he was Deep and slow, exhausting thought, And hiving wisdom with each studious year. We are not accustomed to credit the poetical temperament with a disposition of this description ; but...
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The poetical works of lord Byron. Repr. with notes, &c, Issue 35

George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1868 - 666 pages
...himself among mankind. The Proteus of their talents : But his own Breathed most in ridicule,— which, ns J b + CVI r. The other, deep and slow, exhausting thought, And hiving wisdom with each studious year. In...
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Childe Harold's pilgrimage. Illustr. ed

George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1869 - 380 pages
...himself among mankind, The Proteus of their talents : But his own Breathed most in ridieule, — whieh, as the wind, Blew where it listed, laying all things...Now to o'erthrow a fool, and now to shake a throne. i'vn. The other, deep and slow, exhausting thought, And hiving wisdom with eaeh studious year, In meditation...
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Childe Harold's Pilgrimage: A Romaunt

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1869 - 360 pages
...combined ; He multiplied himself among mankind, The Proteus of their talents : But his own Breathed most in ridicule, — which, as the wind, Blew where it listed, laying all things prone, — Xow to o'erthrow a fool, and now to shake a throne. CV. The other, deep and slow, exhausting thought,...
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The Poetical Works of Lord Byron: Reprinted from the Original Editions, with ...

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - Fore-edge painting - 1870 - 770 pages
...combined : He multiplied himself among mankind, The Proteus of their talents : But his own Breathed most in ridicule, — which, as the wind Blew where...Now to o'erthrow a fool, and now to shake a throne. evil. The other, deep and slow, exhausting thought, And hiving wisdom with each studious year, In meditation...
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Niagara Index, Volume 45

College student newspapers and periodicals - 1912 - 330 pages
...fickleness, mutable in wishes, Voltaire multiplied himself among mankind. The Proteus of their talents — which as the wind, "Blew where it listed, laying all things prone, now to overthrow a fool and now to shake a throne."— Byron. Such was the Mission of this incarnation of...
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Poems

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1872 - 776 pages
...combmed ; He multiplied himself among mankind, The Proteus of their talents : But his own Breathed most in ridicule, — which, as the wind Blew where...thought, And hiving wisdom with each studious year, lu meditation dwelt, with learning wrought, And shaped his weapon with an edge severe, Sapping a solemn...
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The poetical works of Lord Byron: In ten volumes. ...

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1873 - 332 pages
...combined ; He multiplied himself among mankind, The Protcus of their talents : But his own Breathed most in ridicule, — which, as the wind, Blew where...and now to shake a throne. The other, deep and slow, exhansting thought, And hiving wisdom with each stndious year, In meditation dwelt, with learning wrought,...
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