 A man so various, that he seem'd to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome. Stiff in opinion, 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...  The Spectator - Page 2071778Full view - About this book
 | Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 386 pages
...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 opinion, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts, and nothing long ; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler,... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 282 pages
...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 opinion, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts, and nothing long ; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler,... | |
 | 1847 - 540 pages
...deprest, How different passions sway the human breast ! PATTISON. 13. A man so various that he seem'd to be Not one but all mankind's epitome. Stiff in opinion, always in the wrong. Was everything by starts, and nothing long. But in the course of one revolving moon, Was chymist, fiddler,... | |
 | John Fisher Murray - 1849 - 388 pages
...of Bayes, in the " Rehearsal." Dryden limns Villiers thus :— " A man so various thnt he scem'd to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome ; Stiff in opinion, always in thc wrong, Was everything by fits, and nothing long ; But in the course of one revolving moon, Was... | |
 | 1851 - 84 pages
...mirth the drowsy ear of night. Byron's Childe Harold. 16. A man so various that he seemed to be No one but all mankind's epitome, Stiff in opinion, always in the wrong, Was every thing by starts, was nothing long. Spectator. 17 His name shall be unrolled. Among the first to claim the Poet's... | |
 | Charles Simmons - 1852 - 564 pages
...INSTABILITY. Virtue which parleys, will soon surrender. Spectator. A man so various that he seem'd to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome Stiff in opinion, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts, and nothing long! But in the course of one revolving moon, Was chymist, fiddler,... | |
 | Spectator The - 1853 - 566 pages
...has expressed this very excellently in the character of Zimri.* 'A man so various, that he seem'd to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome. Stiff in opinion, always in the wrong, Was every thing by starts, and nothing long; But in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman,... | |
 | Cyclopaedia - 1853 - 772 pages
...breed satiety, We should admit of some variety. Sir John Harrington. A man so various that he seem'd to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome. Stiff in opinion, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts, and nothing long! But in the course of one revolving moon, Wras chymist, fiddler,... | |
 | Spectator The - 1853 - 1118 pages
...has expressed this very excdlently in the character of Zimri.* " A man so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome. Stiff in opinion, always in the wrong. Was everything by start*, and nothing long; But in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler,... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1855 - 612 pages
...shape, And show'da Newton as we show an ape. Pope's Essay on Man. A man so various that he seem'd to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome ; Stiff in opinion, always in the wrong, Was every thing by starte, and nothing long. But in the eourse of one revolving moon, Was ehymist, fiddler, statesman... | |
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