 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
 | Thomas Campbell - 1841 - 844 ページ
...arm to shake the tree. CHARACTER OP GEORGE VILLIERS. THE SECOND DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM. FROM THR SAME. SOME of their chiefs were princes of the land ; In...Zimri stand : A man so various, that he seem'd to be .V '! one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong ; Was everything by starts,... | |
 | Readings - 1843 - 466 ページ
...Villiers, duke of Buckingham, contained in that poem : A man so various that he seem'd to be, Not one, bat all mankind's epitome: Stiff in opinions, always in...long; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon. Railing and praising were his usual themes; And both, to... | |
 | Thomas Cogswell Upham - 1843 - 428 ページ
...Buckingham, who figured so conspicuously in the reign of Charles II., and who, in the language of Dryden, " Was everything by starts, and nothing long ; But,...moon, Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon." Some of the prominent leaders in the French Revolution, that remarkable period of political tempest,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 692 ページ
...the crowd his arm to shake the tree. [Cliaracttr of Viutert, Dvlx of BuckingJtam.] [From the same.] Some of their chiefs were princes of the land : In...epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong. Was ev'rything by starts, and nothing long ; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler,... | |
 | Elizabeth Stone - 1845 - 472 ページ
...Absalom and Achitophel, was sketched for Buckingham, and portrays him minutely and accurately : — " Some of their chiefs were princes of the land : In...epitome ; Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was ev'rything by starts, and nothing long ; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chymist, fiddler,... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 372 ページ
...be found in his immortal character of the Duke of Buckingham:— 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, rhyming, dancing, drinking, Besides... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 280 ページ
...one line (the last but three), is to be found in his immortal character of the Duke of Buckingham:— Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything...long ; But in the course of one revolving moon Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon : Then all for women, rhyming, dancing, drinking, Besides... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 278 ページ
...line (the last but three), is to be found in his immortal character of the Duke of Buckingham : — Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything...long ; But in the course of one revolving moon Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon: Then all for women, rhyming, dancing, drinking, Besides ten... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 278 ページ
...one line (the last but three), is to be found in his immortal character of the Duke of Buckingham:— Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything...long ; But in the course of one revolving moon Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon: Then all for women, rhyming, dancing, drinking, Besides ten... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1845 - 878 ページ
...scheme of redemption and of revenge." With this manly resolution, he prosecuted his journey to London. A man so various, that he seem'd to be Not one, but...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,... | |
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