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" 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 all... "
A Philosophical and Practical Treatise on the Will: Forming the Third Volume ... - Page 347
by Thomas Cogswell Upham - 1843 - 411 pages
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The Works of John Dryden: In Verse and Prose, with a Life, Volume 1

John Dryden - 1837 - 482 pages
...be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong ; ^ Was every thing by starts, and nothing long \ But, in the course of...moon, Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon :* Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, [ing, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in...
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History of the English Language and Literature

Robert Chambers - English language - 1837 - 294 pages
...to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was every thing by starts and nothing long ; But in the course of one revolving moon Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon : Then all for preaching, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides...
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History of the English Language and Literature

Robert Chambers - English language - 1837 - 342 pages
...seem'd to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome: Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was every thing by starts and nothing long; But in the course of one revolving moon Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon : Then all for preaching, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides...
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The Works of John Dryden: In Verse and Prose, with a Life, Volume 1

John Dryden - 1837 - 478 pages
...he Not one, hut all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong ; Was every thing hy starts, and nothing long ; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chvmist, fiddler, statesman, and huffoon :* Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinkin,. [i"g....
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The London Saturday journal, Volumes 1-4

1841 - 986 pages
...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 chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon : Then all for preaching, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides...
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Selections from the British Poets, Volume 1

Fitz-Greene Halleck - English poetry - 1840 - 372 pages
...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,...moon, Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon : Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking....
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The Table Talker: Or, Brief Essays on Society and Literature, Volume 2

Johnstone - English essays - 1840 - 386 pages
...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 all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides...
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Specimens of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical Notices, and ...

Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1841 - 844 pages
...that he seem'd to be .V '! 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 all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides...
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Madame de Sévigné and Her Contemporaries, Volume 2

France - 1841 - 764 pages
...all mankind's epitome. Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, He's everything by starts, and nothmg long ; But in the course of one revolving moon, Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon. In squand'ring wealth was his peculiar art, Nothing went unrewarded but desert ! BeggarM by fools,...
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A Summer's Day at Windsor, and a Visit to Eton

Edward Jesse - Windsor (Berkshire, England) - 1841 - 208 pages
...friendless, miserable, and despised : — " Stiff in opinions, always in the wronfr, Was ev'ry thing by starts, and nothing long : But in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon."— DRYDEN. The younger brother, Lord Francis, was killed...
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