| 1841 - 500 páginas
...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...long; But, in the course of one revolving moon Was chemist, ndler, statesman and buffoon. Thon all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten... | |
| Edward Jesse - 1841 - 208 páginas
...beggar, 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... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1842 - 944 páginas
...stand : A man BO various, that he aeera'd to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome. Stiff in opinion, n was produced upon the first revolt of Satan, that...appeared soon after he was cast into hell, and that t chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ! Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides... | |
| John Fisher Murray - 1842 - 322 páginas
...Not one, but all mankind's epitome; Stiff in opinion, always in the wrong, Was everything by fits, and nothing long ; But in the course of one revolving moon, Was poet, statesman, fiddler, and buffoon : Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides a... | |
| Thomas Cogswell Upham - 1843 - 428 páginas
...so conspicuously in the reign of Charles II., and who, in the language of Dryden, " Was everything by starts, and nothing long ; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon." Some of the prominent leaders in the French Revolution, that remarkable... | |
| Elizabeth Stone - 1845 - 484 páginas
...seem'd to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome ; Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was ev'rything by starts, and nothing long ; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon : Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand... | |
| Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 372 páginas
...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, rhyming, dancing, drinking, Besides... | |
| Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 280 páginas
...immortal character of the Duke of Buckingham:— 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, rhyming, dancing, drinking, Besides... | |
| Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 278 páginas
...immortal character of the Duke of Buckingham : — 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, rhyming, dancing, drinking, Besides ten... | |
| Encyclopaedia - 1845 - 852 páginas
...toJdUle, and make senate« dance. Pope The iv. Stiff in opinions, always in the wrontj, Was every thin^ by starts, and nothing long, But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was ciijnii8t,^W¿/er, «talesman, and buffoon. i>ryden. Abtaium and AtlulofkrJ. Sometime* your hair you... | |
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