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" 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 everything by starts, and nothing long; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was... "
The Works of John Dryden Now First Collected ... - Page 270
by John Dryden - 1808
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Memoirs of Charles Mathews, Comedian, Volume 4

Mrs. Mathews (Anne Jackson) - 1839 - 534 pages
...Hangar HOUK, Shoe Lane. '. i"V*r cl> ^ .**• MEMOIRS OP CHARLES MATHEWS, COMEDIAN. BY MRS. MAT HEWS. ' A man so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome." — DRTDEH. ' Proteus for shape, and mocking-bird for tongue." VOL. IV. LONDON: MAR r ST...
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Eminent Literary and Scientific Men: John Dryden. Two centuries of minor ...

Robert Bell - Poets, English - 1839 - 430 pages
...Buckingham is drawn in the celebrated lines beginning — " 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," &c. The Rehearsal did not banish heroic plays from...
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The London Saturday journal, Volumes 1-4

1841 - 986 pages
...grand nephew the poet. A portrait of George Villiers, second duke of Buckingham, in his court dress. " 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...
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Lord Brougham on Education

Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - Education - 1839 - 100 pages
...the strings forever ! such a one only can be a good instructer, who is thus described by the poet : " A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome." And what imparting powers are required in a teacher ! To so delight the young mind while...
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The Table Talker: Or, Brief Essays on Society and Literature, Volume 2

Johnstone - English essays - 1840 - 404 pages
...the gallant and the gay — the man of all accomplishments, and no virtue. See where he stands : — 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...
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Specimens of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical Notices, and ...

Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1841 - 844 pages
...VILLIERS. THE SECOND DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM. FROM THR SAME. 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 .V '! one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong ; Was everything...
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Waldie's Select Circulating Library, Volume 15

Literature - 1841 - 498 pages
...been courted."—History of his o'wn times. Dryden's well known character of him is in these lines. "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 every...
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Elements of Physics: Or Natural Philosophy, General and Medical

Neil Arnott - Physics - 1841 - 560 pages
...Executor. In two handsome vcl -. MATHEWS'S MEMOIRS. MEMOIRS OF CHARLES MATHEWS, COMEDIAN, by Mrs. Mathews. A man so various, that he seemed to be, Not one, but all mankind's epitome. — Dryden. "Proteus for shape, and mocking bird for tongue." In two volumes, 12 mo. AX.8O...
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The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Volume 38

1841 - 456 pages
...reminds one of the qualifications of the worthy whom Dryden has " damned to everlasting fame" as *' A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome ; * ***** Every thing by starts, but nothing long." All this is accomplished in a little volume...
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Madame de Sévigné and Her Contemporaries, Volume 2

France - 1841 - 764 pages
...1718. IN November, 1712, Madame de Maintenon's letters to the Princess des Ursins betray the im* " A man so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome. Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, He's everything by starts, and nothmg long ; But in...
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