| 1801 - 416 páginas
...whole hydra more Remains, of sprouting heads too long to score. Some of their chiefs were princes cf the land: In the first rank of these did Zimri stand;...various, that he seem'd to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome ; SliiF in opinion, always in the wrong; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chymist,... | |
| 1801 - 860 páginas
...Hand; A roan fo various, that he feemed to be Npr one, but all mankind's epitome. Stiff in opinion, always in the wrong ; Was every thing by turns, and nothing long; *.• But in the cqurfe of one revolving moon, A chymill, tidier, ftatesman, and buifoon. ._ . j Theu all for women,... | |
| 1803 - 472 páginas
...character, that is wonderfully well finished by Mr. Dryden ', and raised upon the same foundation : ' In the first rank of these did Zimri * stand : A man...opinions, always in the wrong ; Was every thing by starts, and nothing long ; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fidler, statesman,... | |
| David Simpson - 1803 - 446 páginas
...thousands ends." Afr. DRYDZN describes this Nobleman as being — " A man so various, that he scem'd to be " Not one, but all mankind's epitome : " Stiff...opinions, always in the wrong ; " Was every thing by starts, and nc/thmglong ; E •' But, 33. We have also an uncommon alarm given us in a Letter from,... | |
| 1803 - 402 páginas
...has expressed this very excellently in the character of Zimri. A man so various, that he seera'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 revolvmg moon, Was chymist, fiddler, statesman,... | |
| Horace Walpole - 1806 - 498 páginas
...made Dryden satirise himself6. i 1 Vide Memoires de Grammont. * Zimri in Absalom and Achitophel. f " A man so various, that he seem'd to be Not one, but...mankind's epitome. Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, He 's every thing by starts, and nothing long: But in the course of one revolving moon, Was chymist,... | |
| John Dryden - 1808 - 382 páginas
...long to score. Some of their chiefs were princes of the land : la the first rank of these did /imri stand , A man so various, that he seem'd to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome ; Still' in opinions, always in the wrong; Was every thing by starts, and nothing long; But,... | |
| Horace Walpole - 1806 - 468 páginas
...Memoires de Gramraont. 4 Zimri, in Absalom and Achitophel. (" A man so various, that he seeiu'd to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome. Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, He's every thing by starts, and nothing long ; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chymist,... | |
| John Dryden, Thomas Park - 1808 - 374 páginas
...right. Such were the tools ; but a whole hydra more Remains, of sprouting heads too long to score. Some of their chiefs were princes of the land : In...opinions, always in the wrong; Was every thing by starts, and nothing long; But, in the course nf one revolving moon, Was chemist, tiddler, statesman,... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 322 páginas
...character, that is wonderfully well finished by Mr. Dryden, aiid raised upon the same inundation : In the first rank of these did Zimri stand : A man...Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong ; Was every tiling by starts, and nothing long ; But, in the course of one revolving moon, "Was chemist, fiddler,... | |
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