 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
 | Walter Scott - 1845 - 770 pages
...Stiff in opinions— always in the wrong — Was every thing by starts, but nothing long; Who, in tbe course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler,...statesman, and buffoon; Then, all for women, painting, fiddling, drinking; Besides a thousand freaks that died in thinking. DRYDEN. E must now transport the... | |
 | John Fisher Murray - London (England) - 1842 - 322 pages
...Not one, but all mankind's epitome; Stiff in opinion, always in the 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... | |
 | Thomas Cogswell Upham - Will - 1843 - 428 pages
...so conspicuously in the reign of Charles II., and who, in the language of Dryden, " Was everything by starts, and nothing long ; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon." Some of the prominent leaders in the French Revolution,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1844 - 692 pages
...to be, Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong. Was ev'rything e time : So many hours must I tend my flock ; So many...contemplate ; So many hours must I sport myself ; So m drinkin::. Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking. Blest madman ! who could ev'ry hour employ... | |
 | American periodicals - 1874 - 898 pages
...execution. Dryden, it wil be remembered, described Buckingham in the character of Zimri as one who In the course of one revolving moon Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon. He wrote the fashionable verses of his time from an overweening conceit which would not suffer him... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 372 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...fiddler, statesman, and buffoon : Then all for women, rhyming, dancing, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking. Blest madman ! who could... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1845 - 278 pages
...immortal character of the Duke of Buckingham:— Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts, and nothing long ; But in the course of...fiddler, statesman, and buffoon: Then all for women, rhyming, dancing, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking. Slat madman! who could... | |
 | Francis Parkman - Travel - 1982 - 472 pages
...miles to the westward. CHAPTER V. The 'Big Blue.' "A man so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome, Stiff in opinions, always in...every thing by starts, and nothing long, But in the space of one revolving moon, Was gamester, chemist, fiddler, and buffoon." DRYDEN. The great medley... | |
 | Alan L. Mackay - Science - 1991 - 312 pages
...seem'd 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...moon, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon. Absalom and Achitophel I, 545 89 Mere poets are sottish as mere drunkards are, who live in a continual... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1902 - 368 pages
...prosecuted his journey to London. CHAPTER XXVIII A man so various, that he teem'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... | |
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