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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... "
Ben Jonson to Dryden - Page 442
edited by - 1880
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The Poems of John Dryden, Volume 1

John Dryden - 1879 - 312 pages
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The Critical and Miscellaneous Prose Works of John Dryden: Now ..., Volume 3

John Dryden, Edmond Malone - 1800 - 670 pages
...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 women,...Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking. Bless'd madman ! who could every hour employ, With something new, to wish or to enjoy ! Railing and...
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The Critical and Miscellaneous Prose Works of John Dryden: Now ..., Volume 3

John Dryden - 1800 - 674 pages
...Was every thing by starts, and nothing long; But, in the coarse of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon : . Then all for women,...Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking. Bless'd madman ! who could ever)' hour employ, With something new, to wish or to enjoy ! Railing and...
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A Plea for Religion and the Sacred Writings: Addressed to the Disciples of ...

David Simpson - 1803 - 446 pages
...hours, the inevitable sentence will be past, that shall raise me to the heights of happiness, " Bur, in the course of one revolving moon, " Was chymist,...Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking." WENTWORTH DILLON, Earl of Roscemmtn, contemporary with BUCKINGHAM, was also a man of considerable learning...
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The Spectator ...

1803 - 442 pages
...mankind's epitome. Stiff in opinion, always in the wrong, Was every thing by starts, and nothing long 5 But in the course of one revolving moon, Was chymist,...statesman, and buffoon. Then all for women, painting, rhiming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks, that died in thinking ; Blest madman, who could every...
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The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected ...

John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 474 pages
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The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected in Eighteen Volumes ..., Volume 9

John Dryden - 1808 - 482 pages
...long to score. Some of their chiefs were princes of the land : In the first rank of these did Zimri J stand ; A man so various, that he seemed to be Not...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, fidler,...
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The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected ...

John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 476 pages
...long to score. Some of their chiefs were princes of the land : In the first rank of these did Zimri j; stand; A man so various, that he seemed to be Not...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, fidler,...
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The British Essayists, Volume 9

Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 340 pages
...Was every thing by starts, and nothing long ! But in the course of one revolving moon, Wasrhymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon. Then all for women,...Besides ten thousand freaks, that died in thinking ; Bless'd madman, who could every hour employ In something new to wish, or to enjoy ! In squandYing...
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Memoirs of Count Grammont, Volume 2

Anthony Hamilton (Count) - 1809 - 344 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...rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that dy'd in thinking. Blest madman, who could every hour employ W^ith something new to wish, or to enjoy...
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