 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 everything by starts, and nothing long: But in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon: Then...  Selections from the British Poets - 174 ページ 編集 - 1840全文表示 - この書籍について
 | Niall Rudd - 2005 - 232 ページ
...which was later elaborated by Dryden in his portrait of Zimri: A man so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome. Stiff in opinions,...long; But in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman and buffoon. After complexity, the divided mind. Because of their imperial... | |
 | Kirk Freudenburg - 2005 - 380 ページ
...George Villiers, duke of Buckingham, old literary enemy, gets anything but subtle treatment in Absalom: "Stiff in Opinions, always in the wrong; / Was everything...Moon, / was Chymist, Fiddler, States-man, and Buffoon ..." (547ff.). Indeed, much of the satiric rhetoric in Absalom draws on the rough matter of personal... | |
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