 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 British essayists; to which are prefixed prefaces by J. Ferguson - Page 145by British essayists - 1819Full view - About this book
 | English poetry - 1840 - 372 pages
...for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking. Bless'd madman, who could every hour employ With something new to wish, or to enjoy ! Railing and praising were his usual themes, And both, to show his judgment, in extremes ; , . . So... | |
 | Edward Jesse - Windsor (Berkshire, England) - 1841 - 208 pages
...despised : — " Stiff in opinions, always in the wronfr, Was ev'ry thing by starts, and nothing long : But in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon."— DRYDEN. The younger brother, Lord Francis, was killed near Kingston-upon-Thames, in 1648, at the early... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1842 - 944 pages
...mankind's epitome. Stiff in opinion, always in the wrong; Was every thing by starts, and nothing long; soon after he was cast into hell, and that the terrors...as the opening of them is full of Milton's spirit: No. 163.] Thursday, September 6, 1711. Si quid ego adjuero, curamve levflsso Qua* nunc te coquil, et... | |
 | United States - 1842 - 712 pages
...epitome t Stiff lu opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything hy starts, and nothing Ion»; Hut in the course of one revolving moon Was chemist, fiddler,...rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died In thinking. Blest madman, who could every huur employ, With something new to wish, or to enjoy... | |
 | John Fisher Murray - London (England) - 1842 - 322 pages
...and buffoon : Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides a thousand freaks that died in thinking. Blest madman ! who could every hour employ, With something new to wish or to enjoy. Railing and praising were his usual themes, And both, to show his jndgment in extremes. So over violent,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1845 - 770 pages
...Stiff in opinions— always in the wrong — Was every thing by starts, but nothing long; Who, in tbe course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler,...statesman, and buffoon; Then, all for women, painting, fiddling, drinking; Besides a thousand freaks that died in thinking. DRYDEN. E must now transport the... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1844 - 692 pages
...mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong. Was ev'rything by starts, and nothing long ; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist,...and buffoon ; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinkin::. Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking. Blest madman ! who could ev'ry hour employ... | |
 | American periodicals - 1874 - 898 pages
...execution. Dryden, it wil be remembered, described Buckingham in the character of Zimri as one who In the course of one revolving moon Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon. He wrote the fashionable verses of his time from an overweening conceit which would not suffer him... | |
 | Elizabeth Stone - England - 1845 - 472 pages
...Was ev'rything by starts, and nothing long ; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon : Then all for women,...freaks that dy'd in thinking. Blest madman ! who could ev'ry hour employ With something new to wish or to enjoy I Railing and praising were his usual themes,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1845 - 878 pages
...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,...statesman, and buffoon; Then, all for women, painting, fiddling, drinking; Besides a thousand freaks that died in thinking. DRTDEN. E must now transport the... | |
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