 | Neil Arnott - Physics - 1841 - 560 pages
...Executor. In two handsome vcl -. MATHEWS'S MEMOIRS. MEMOIRS OF CHARLES MATHEWS, COMEDIAN, by Mrs. Mathews. A man so various, that he seemed to be, Not one, but all mankind's epitome. — Dryden. "Proteus for shape, and mocking bird for tongue." In two volumes, 12 mo. AX.8O... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1842 - 944 pages
...enoyment in their own minds. Mr. Dryden las expressed this very excellently in the character of Zimri: " rcumstances by his looks, that I have sometimes employed myself from Charing-Cross opinion, always in the wrong, Was every thin? by starts, and nothing lohf I But in tbe course of one... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1844 - 692 pages
...of Viutert, Dvlx of BuckingJtam.] [From the same.] Some of their chiefs were princes of the land : broil and battle ; And therefore shall I little grace my cause In sp seem'd to be, Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong. Was ev'rything... | |
 | Thomas Shepherd Munden - Actors - 1844 - 348 pages
...every other. His tragedy, which was never very good, became at last intolerable ; but he — " Was a man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome." He tried all sorts of experiments, — building, book-writing, book-selling, and the freak... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1844 - 662 pages
...little elevated,) " it is an impudent satire on glorious John ; but he tickled Buckingham off for it. ' In the first rank of these did Zimri stand; A man so various ' " " Hold your peace ! " said Bunce, drowning the voice of the admirer of Dryden in louder and more... | |
 | Gregory Godolphin - Clergy - 1844 - 260 pages
...the Mormons or not, time will show. Here endeth the narrative of the indescribable Obadiah Keedle. " A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but many men's epitome." CHAPTER XX. CERTAIN MEMBERS OF CERTAIN CHURCHES. Colonel Henry Blumford, a member... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1845 - 292 pages
...line (the last but three), is to be found in his immortal character of the Duke of Buckingham : — A man so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but...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,... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 372 pages
...one line (the last but three), is to be found in his immortal character of the Duke of Buckingham:— A man so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but...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,... | |
 | Charles Haddon Spurgeon - Religion - 1990 - 340 pages
...all that David was not an untried man! We have all been enriched by his painful experience. He was "A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome." May it not be a blessing to others that we also are tried? If BO, ought we not to be right... | |
 | Francis Parkman - History - 1991 - 1012 pages
...heads toward Fort Laramie, then about seven hundred miles to the westward. Chapter V. THE 'BIG BLUE.' "A man so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but...epitome, Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was even' thing by starts, and nothing long, But in the space of one revolving moon, Was gamester, chemist,... | |
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In the first rank of these did Zimri' stand, 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,... 
