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" The one was fire and fickleness, a child Most mutable in wishes, but in mind A wit as various, — gay, grave, sage, or wild, — Historian, bard, philosopher combined : He multiplied himself among mankind, The Proteus of their talents : But his own Breathed... "
The Port Folio - Page 156
1817
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Switzerland: Illustrated in a Series of Views Taken Expressly for ..., Volume 2

William Henry Bartlett, William Beattie - 1836 - 374 pages
...never lose its interest, or want visitors. It was in the bosom of this sublime retreat that — .... " Deep and slow, exhausting thought, And hiving wisdom with each studious year, — he continued, and finally completed, that great historical monument which, however unsound in principle,...
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The complete works of lord Byron, repr. from the last London ed ..., Volume 1

George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1837 - 982 pages
...combined ; He multiplied himself among mankind, The Proteus of (heir talents : but his own Breathed most in ridicule, — which, as the wind, Blew where...Now to o'erthrow a fool, and now to shake a throne. (I) Voltaire and Gihbon. "From iliirhy, the little port nf Lausanne, on the Lake of Geneva, Lord Byron...
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Bentley's Miscellany, Volume 44

Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1858 - 672 pages
...combined ; He multiplied himself amongst mankind, The Proteus of their talents : but his own Breathed most in ridicule, — which, as the wind, Blew where...Now to o'erthrow a fool, and now to shake a throne. His life is epitomised by our author as a comedy in five acts, in prose — a belle comedie a la Moliere...
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Childe Harold's pilgrimage, a romaunt

George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1837 - 352 pages
...comhined ; He multiplied himself among mankind, The Proteus of their talents : But his own Breathed most in ridicule, — which, as the wind, Blew where...Now to o'erthrow a fool, and now to shake a throne. eril. The other, deep and slow, exhausting thought, And hiving wisdom with each studious year, In meditation...
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The complete works of lord Byron, repr. from the last London ed ..., Volume 1

George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1837 - 480 pages
...talents: but his own Breathed most in ridiculo, — which, as the wind, Blew where it listed, laving all things prone, Now to o'erthrow a fool, and now to shake a throne. С VII. The other, deep and slow, nhansting thought. And hiving wisdom with each studious v ear. In...
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Desultory Reminiscences of a Tour Through Germany, Switzerland, and France

Hezekiah Hartley Wright - 1838 - 396 pages
...combined, He multiplied himself among mankind, The Proteus of their talents : but his own Breathed most in ridicule, which as the wind Blew where it...Now to o'erthrow a fool, and now to shake a throne." After concluding the survey of the house and furniture, you pass to the garden adjoining it ; here...
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Desultory Reminiscences of a Tour Through Germany, Switzerland, and France

Hezekiah Hartley Wright - 1838 - 414 pages
...and Fall. His character has been thus briefly sketched by the most inspired poet of modern times : " The other deep and slow, exhausting thought, And hiving wisdom with each studious year, * The view of the Lake of Geneva, and of its beautiful shores, has ever possessed for me a charm, which...
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Transactions of the ... Annual Meeting of the Western Literary ..., Volume 8

Western Literary Institute and College of Professional Teachers - 1839 - 278 pages
...are distinguished for patient investigation, acute criticism, and lucid expression. They are the '' deep and slow, exhausting thought. And hiving wisdom with each studious year." Their's is the devoted spirit of scientific research. In their works we find that finish, that thoroughness,...
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Transactions of the Annual Meetings of the Western Literary ..., Volume 8

Western Literary Institute and College of Professional Teachers - 1839 - 276 pages
...Hammer, after the profound French scholar Silvestre de Sgcy, is unsurpassed in oriental philology. ' deep and slow, exhausting thought, And hiving wisdom with each studious year." Their's is the devoted spirit of scientific research. In their works we find that finish, that thoroughness,...
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The Complete Works of Lord Byron: Reprinted from the Last London Edition ...

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1841 - 998 pages
...combined ; He multiplied himself among mankind, The Proteus of their talents: but his own Breathed 3 tilings prone, Now to o'erlhrow a fool, and now to shake a throne. (I) Voltaire and Gibbon. "From Oucby,...
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