 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...  The Spectator - Page 334by Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd - 1811Full view - About this book
 | John Bull - English wit and humor - 1825 - 782 pages
...THS 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...opinions, always in the wrong ; Was every thing by start.-, und nothing long; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chymist, fiddler, statesman,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1825 - 600 pages
...; In the first rank of these did Zimri stand : A man so various, that he seem'd to be Not one, but C eourse of one revolving moon, M'as ehemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon : Then all for women, painting,... | |
 | John Harman Bedford - 1825 - 250 pages
...for wear, and valued women with Turkish precision ; he was fiery, and ever "Stiff in extremes, and always in the wrong,. Was every thing by starts, and nothing long ; One day for fiddling, rhyming, dancing, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking... | |
 | George Lewis Smyth - 1826 - 1042 pages
...Not one, but all mankind's epitome 7 Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was every thing by fits, and nothing long ; But in the course of one revolving moon Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon. no SHEFFIELD, DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM, KG Great Sheffield's Muse... | |
 | George Lewis Smyth - London (England) - 1826 - 556 pages
...Not one, but all mankind's epitome ; Stiffin opinions, always in the wrong, Was every thing by fits, and nothing long ; But in the course of one revolving moon Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon. SHEFFIELD, DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM, KG Great Sheffield's Muse... | |
 | John Timbs - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1829 - 354 pages
...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...long! But in the course of one revolving moon, Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon. Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Great Britain - 1831 - 542 pages
...nobleman , is thus graphically described by Dryden ; " 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, but nothing long, Who in the course of one revolving moon Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon."... | |
 | John Dryden - 1832 - 342 pages
...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...long ; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon : 550 Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides... | |
 | Periodicals - 1833 - 270 pages
...he seem'd to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinion, always in the wrong ; \V;is every thing by starts, and nothing long ; But in the...one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman und buffoon • Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died... | |
 | 1836 - 932 pages
...that he seem'd to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome. Stiff in opinion, always in tin- wrong; Wan s than jealous men, when the person who provoked their...furiously, and throws off all the mixtures of suspicion w Besidea ten thousand freaks that dy'd in thinking. Bl«nt madman, who could every hour employ, With... | |
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