 | English poets - 1862 - 626 стор.
...made for empire, whispers me within, Desire of greatness is a godlike sin.' CHARACTER OF BUCKINGHAM. Some of their chiefs were princes of the land ; In...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, fiddler,... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1862 - 592 стор.
...experiment. Here they be : " la 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,...starts and nothing long; But, in the course of one Devolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then all for women, painting, rhyming,... | |
 | William Francis Collier - 1862 - 678 стор.
...what with his toil he won, To that unfeathered two-legged thing— a son. CHARACTER OF BUCKINGHAM. Some of their chiefs were princes of the land : In...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 ev'rything... | |
 | William Francis Collier - 1862 - 550 стор.
...what with his toil he won, To that unfeathered two-legged thing— a son. CHARACTER OF BUCKINOiHAM. Some of their chiefs were princes of the land : In...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 ev'rything... | |
 | Thomas Arnold - 1862 - 452 стор.
...The following sketch of the Duke of Buckingham may be compared with that by Pope (see p. 301) : — " Some of their chiefs were princes of the land : In...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... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, sir William Smith - 1864 - 554 стор.
...Against the crown, and skulked behind the laws. 150. CHARACTER OF ZIMRI (VILLIERS, Duke of Buckingham). Some of their chiefs were princes of the land ; In...all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always hi the wrong ; , Was every thing by starts, and nothing long ; But, in the course of one revolving... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1864 - 476 стор.
...redemption and of revenge." With this manly resolution, he prosecuted his journey to London. CHAPTER XXVIIL 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... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1864 - 472 стор.
...parallel characer, that is wonderfully well finished by Mr, Dryden, and raised upon the same founda tion : In the first rank of these did Zimri stand : A man...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... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1865 - 252 стор.
...gather free, And lent the crowd his arm to shake the tree. CHABACTEB or THE DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM AS ZHTBI. Some of their chiefs were princes of the land : In...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 ev"rything... | |
 | John Heiton - 1865 - 242 стор.
...a year can almost do without any." And then he begins to snore — let him snore ! CHAPTER VIII. " A man so various that he seem'd to be Not one, but...Stiff in opinions — always in the wrong — Was everything by fits, and nothing long ; Who, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler,... | |
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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, but all mankind's epitome: Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong; Was everything by starts, and nothing long; But,... 
