 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 chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then...  The Monuments and Genii of St. Paul's Cathedral, and of Westminster Abbey ... - الصفحة 169بواسطة George Lewis Smyth - 1826عرض كامل - لمحة عن هذا الكتاب
 | Thomas Ewing - 1857 - عدد الصفحات: 428
...BUCKINGHAM. SOME of their chiefs were princes of the land ; 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 thing by starts and nothing long ; But,... | |
 | John Seely Hart - 1857 - عدد الصفحات: 394
...by his own proper light. CHARACTEB. OF VILLIERS, DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM. (From Absalom and Achitophel) 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... | |
 | Thomas Crofton Croker - 1860 - عدد الصفحات: 268
...Mathews, when occupied in the composition of the 'Memoirs' of her husband,* the eminent comedian, — " A man so various, that he seemed to be, Not one, but all mankind's epitome." At No. 33 died Madame Delille, in 1857, at an advanced age. This lady was the mother of the... | |
 | George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates - 1898 - عدد الصفحات: 632
...Buckingham, might with equal aptitude have been applied to the second Earl of Bristol. He was, indeed, " A man so various, that he seemed to be, Not one, but all mankind's epitome." Yet among the various qualities presented to us with all the changing rapidity of a kaleidoscope,... | |
 | Thomas Crofton Croker - 1860 - عدد الصفحات: 264
...Mathews, when occupied in the composition of the ' Memoirs' of her husband,* the eminent comedian,— " A man so various, that he seemed to be, Not one, but all mankind's epitome." At No. 33 died Madame Delille, in 1857, at an advanced age. This lady was the mother of the... | |
 | Katherine Thomson - 1860 - عدد الصفحات: 376
...the other side of the Channel — in England. And a strange character have we to deal with : — ' 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,... | |
 | 1860 - عدد الصفحات: 860
...given to laughter, but whenever she looked at Lord Curryfin during breakfast she could not quite supA man so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome, —passed through her mind as she looked at him. Lord Curryfin noticed the suppressed smile,... | |
 | 1863 - عدد الصفحات: 568
...favourites, the star of Charles II. 's brilliant, unprincipled court, one who was, as Dryden says — " A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but every man's epitome !" Can you not picture the brilliant rooms at Whitehall, the crowd of glittering... | |
 | Mrs. A. T. Thomson, Philip Wharton - 1861 - عدد الصفحات: 504
...master on the other side of the Channel — in England. And a strange character have we to deal with : " 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 thing by starts, and nothing long ; But,... | |
 | Woolwich roy. military acad - 1861 - عدد الصفحات: 572
...knew not why, > Even at the sound himself had made." c 2 " Coming events cast their shadow before." " A man so various that he seemed to be Not one but all Mankind's epitome." 10. For an essay : — Either, — The advantages of an acquaintance with mathematical and... | |
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