 | Authors, English - 1855 - 834 pages
...shake the tree. CHARACTER OF GEORGE VILLIERS, ТПЕ SECOND DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM. ГГ.ОЛ ТПЕ SAME. SOME of their chiefs were princes of the land ; In...these did Zimri stand : A man so various, that he secm'd to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong ; Was every... | |
 | John Bartlett - Quotations - 1856 - 660 pages
...Absalom and Achitophel — Continued. Part i. Line 545. A man so various, that he seemed to be Isot one, but all mankind's epitome ; Stiff in opinions,...wrong, Was every thing by starts, and nothing long. Part i. Line 557. So over violent, or over civil, That every man with him was God or devil. Part i.... | |
 | Henry Reed - English poetry - 1857 - 424 pages
...succeeded as I wished ; the jest went round, and he was laughed at in his turn who began the frolic : — " Some of their chiefs were princes of the land : In...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,... | |
 | Spectator The - 1857 - 780 pages
...the first rank of these did Zvnri atand : A man w various, that he • i . nn-,1 to tie Not one, hut lf as I was, ' Make way for the defendant's witnesses.' This sudden partiality moe-u, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon : Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking,... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - Elocution - 1857 - 428 pages
...ear, As Cato's self had not disdained to hear. POPE. 36.— CHARACTEK OF VILLIERS, DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM. SOME of their chiefs were princes of the land ; In...these did Zimri stand ; A man so various, that he seemed to be Not one but all mankind's epitome ; Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was every... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1859 - 550 pages
...despite, Because they could not help believing right. Such were the tools ; but a whole hydra more Remains of sprouting heads too long to score. Some...to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome ; Stiff in opinion, always in the wrong. Was everything by starts, and nothing long ; * George Villiers, second... | |
 | John Dryden - 1859 - 480 pages
...despite, Because they could not help helieving right. Such were the tools : hut a whole Hydra more Remains of sprouting heads too long to score. Some...did Zimri stand A man so various, that he seem'd to he Not one, hut all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong ; Was every thing hy... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1860 - 382 pages
...revenge." With this manly resolution, he prosecuted his journey to London. CHAPTEE THE TWENTY- EIGHTH. A man so various, that he seem'd to be Not one, but...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... | |
 | Walter Scott - Great Britain - 1860 - 376 pages
...this manly resolution, he prosecuted his journey to London. CHAPTER VI. A man so various , that be seem'd to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome; Stiff...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... | |
 | Henry Reed - English poetry - 1860 - 336 pages
...wished ; the jest went round, and he was laughed at in his turn who began the frolic : — VOL. L 19 " Some of their chiefs were princes of the land : In the first rank of these did Zimri stand; A man 80 various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the... | |
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Some of their chiefs were princes of the land: In the first rank of these did Zimri stand; 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,... 
