 Stiff 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, and buffoon : Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks...  The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison - Página 334de Joseph Addison - 1811Visualização completa - Sobre este livro
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - 1824 - 406 páginas
...DRYDEN. CHARACTER OF ZIMRI. SOME of their chiefs were princes of the land : In the first rank of these did Zimri stand ; A man so various, that he seem'd...nothing long ; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon : Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides... | |
 | 1824 - 292 páginas
...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,...nothing long; But in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon: Then all for women, painting-, rhyming, drinking; Besides... | |
 | Richard Warner - 1824 - 434 páginas
...were it none at all.' " Some of their chiefs were princes of the land : In the first rank of these did Zimri stand : 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... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1825 - 600 páginas
...heads too long to seore. Some of their ehiefs were prinees of the land ; In the first rank of these emits his ev'ning ray, Earth's universal faee, deep hid, eourse of one revolving moon, M'as ehemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon : Then all for women, painting,... | |
 | John Bull - 1825 - 782 páginas
...DUKE OF DICKING 11 Л Ы. Some of their chiefs were princes of the land : In the first rank of these did Zimri stand ; A man so various, that he seem'd to be Not one, hut all mankind's epitome ; Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong ; Was every thing by start.-, und... | |
 | John Harman Bedford - 1825 - 250 páginas
...for wear, and valued women with Turkish precision ; he was fiery, and ever "Stiff in extremes, and always in the wrong,. Was every thing by starts, and nothing long ; One day for fiddling, rhyming, dancing, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1828 - 432 páginas
...wonderfully well-finished by Mr. Dryden, and raised upon the same foundation : In the first rank of these did Zimri stand : A man so various, that he seem'd...nothing long : But, in the course of one revolving moon, , Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon : Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides... | |
 | John Timbs - 1829 - 354 páginas
...enjoyment in their own minds. Mr. Dryden has expressed this very excellency 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... | |
 | Laconics - 1829 - 358 páginas
...enjoyment in their own mind>. Mr. Drvdeu has expressed tins very excclleiu-v in the character of Zimri: A man so various that he seem'd to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome. Was every thing by starts, and nothing long! Stiff in opinion, always in the wrong, But in... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1831 - 542 páginas
...character of this highly-gifted but profligate nobleman , is thus graphically described by Dryden ; " A man so various that he seem'd to be Not one, but...always in the wrong — Was every thing by starts, but nothing long, Who in the course of one revolving moon Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon."... | |
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