 | James Boswell - 1835 - 460 стор.
...the human mind. This is the reason why folk are never weary of talking, reading, and writing about a man — " So various, that he seem'd to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome." 495. Johnson's Courtship. I have often heard my mother say she perfectly remembered Johnson's... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 402 стор.
...the human mind. This is the reason why folk are never weary of talking, reading, and writing about a man — " So various, that he seem'd to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome." 495. Johnson's Courtship. I have often heard my mother say she perfectly remembered Johnson's... | |
 | John Wilson Croker - 1836 - 656 стор.
...the human mind. This is the reason why folk are never weary of talking, reading, and writing about a man — " So various, that he seem'd to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome." 495. Johnson's Courtship. I have often heard my mother say she perfectly remembered Johnson's... | |
 | 1836 - 932 стор.
...Dryden, and raised upon the same founcla tiori : In the first rank of these did Zimri stand : A man »n re, among the other torments which this passion produces, we may usually o opinion, always in tin- wrong; Wan every thing by starts, and nothing long; But, in the course, of... | |
 | Thomas Peregrine Courtenay - 1836 - 556 стор.
...nowhere more faithfully delineated than in " Absalom and Achitophel," under the name of Zimri ; Who in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon. He was violently opposed to Clarendon, hated Ormond, and was no friend to Arlington. — Clarendon's... | |
 | Thomas Peregrine Courtenay - 1836 - 556 стор.
...nowhere more faithfully delineated than in " Absalom and Achitophel," under the name of Zimri ; Who in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon. He was violently opposed to Clarendon, hated Ormond, and was no friend to Arlington. — Clarendon's... | |
 | Alan L. Mackay - 1991 - 312 стор.
...1631-1700 88 [Of George Villiers, second Duke of Buckingham who 'made the whole body of vice his study'] A man so various that he seem'd 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,... | |
 | Francis Parkman - 1991 - 1012 стор.
...seven hundred miles to the westward. Chapter V. THE 'BIG BLUE.' "A man so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's 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,... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1902 - 368 стор.
...resolution, he prosecuted his journey to London. CHAPTER XXVIII A man so various, that he teem'd to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome; Stiff in opinions...-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... | |
 | Richard Jenkyns - 1992 - 526 стор.
...Villicrs, Duke of Buckingham (himself a satirist), as Zimri: 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. StitTin Opinions, always in the Wrong; Was Everything by Starts, and Nothing long: But, in... | |
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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, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then... 
