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
| James Thorne - 1847 - 480 ページ
...epitome :" though he somewhat qualifies the praise — if praise it be— in the next lines : — " Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong; Was everything...moon Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon." (Absalom and Achitophel.) And what follows is well known. The worst that can fairly be said of him... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 ページ
...the crowd hie arm to shake the tree. [Character of YiUicrs, DuJet of liut-kingham.] [From the same.] song, resound His praise, who out of darkness cull'd...Air, and ye elements ! the eldest birth Of nature's w secm'd to be, Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong. Was ev'rything... | |
| James Waddel Alexander - 1847 - 300 ページ
...virtue's heavenly road, The cottage leaves the palace far behind." XL. THE UNSTABLE WORKING-MAN. " A man so various that he seem'd to be Not one, but...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,... | |
| Leigh Hunt - 1848 - 334 ページ
...Dryden's masterly portrait of him in the ' Absalom and Achitophel.' " A man so various, that he seemed to be, Not one, but all mankind's epitome ; . Stiff in...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 - 1848 - 334 ページ
...Dryden's masterly portrait of him in the ' Absalom and Achitophel.' " A man so various, that he seemed to be, Not one, but all mankind's epitome ; Stiff in...long ; But in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides... | |
| 1849 - 340 ページ
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| Robert Chambers - 1850 - 710 ページ
...the вате.] Some of their chiefs were princes of the land : In the first rank of these did /imri 0 3 ʁ ԁ ƀ ... 退 < ˉ ť ev'rything by starts, and nothing long ; But, in tne courue of one revolving moon. Was chemist, fiddler,... | |
| Abraham Mills - 1851 - 594 ページ
...golden fruit to gather free, And lent the crowd his arm to shake the tree. CHARACTER OF BUCKINGHAM. Some of their chiefs were princes of the land : In...epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was ev'ry thing by starts, and nothing long, But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler,... | |
| 1851 - 604 ページ
...experiment. Here they be : " In the first rank of these did Zimri stand, 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 ; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides... | |
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