 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1822 - 1024 pages
...howsomdever, d'ye sec " [indent 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 Dunce, drowning the voice of the admirer of Dry den in louder and more... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - 820 pages
...that is wonderfully well finished by Mr. Dryden, and raised upon the same foundation : In the fir^t rank of these did Zimri stand : A man so various,...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,... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - English essays - 1823 - 278 pages
...enjoyment in their own minds. Mr. Dryden 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... | |
 | James Ferguson - English essays - 1823 - 426 pages
...enjoyment in their own minds. Mr. Dryden 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 thin); by starts, and nothing long ! But in the course of one... | |
 | James Ferguson - English essays - 1823 - 438 pages
...parallel character, that is wonderfully wellfinished by Mr. Dryden, and raised upon the same foundation : 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 every... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...believing right. Such were the tools : but a whole Hydra more Remains of sprouting heads too long to score. e smiling mom With thy bright circlet, praise him in thy sphere, starts, and nothing long; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman,... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1824 - 406 pages
...buckler of the people's cause Against the Crown, and skulk'd behind the laws. DRYDEN. CHARACTER OF ZIMRI. 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 of one revolving moon, Was chymist, fiddler, statesman,... | |
 | Richard Warner - 1824 - 434 pages
...great, because it is so small," , the duke cried out, ' Then 'twould be greater, were it none at all.' " Some of their chiefs were princes of the land : In...: A man so various, that he seem'd to be, Not one, bat all mankind's epitome; Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was every thing by starts, and nothing... | |
 | Spectator (London, England : 1711) - 1824 - 292 pages
...rank of these did /imri stand: A man so various, that he seem'd to be - t No. 163. THE SPECTATOR. 7 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 revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1825 - 600 pages
...a whole Hydra more Remains of sprouting heads too long to seore. Some of their ehiefs were prinees re the languid sun, Faint, from the west emits his ev'ning ray, Earth's universal faee, deep hid, starts, and nothing long ; But, in the eourse of one revolving moon, M'as ehemist, fiddler, statesman,... | |
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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 opinions, always in the wrong; Was everything by starts, and nothing long: But in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist,... 
