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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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Prairie and Rocky Mountain Life; Or, The California and Oregon Trail ...

Francis Parkman - Frontier and pioneer life - 1852 - 466 pages
...heads toward Fort Laramie, then about 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 every thing by starts, and nothing long, But in...
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Waverley Novels: From the Last Rev. Ed., Containing the Author's ..., Volume 12

Walter Scott - 1852 - 574 pages
...elevated,) " it is an impudent satire ou glorious John ; but he tickled Buckingham off for it — ' In the first rank of these did Zimri stand ; A man so various ' " " Hold your peace!" said Bunce, drowning the voice of the admirer of Dryden in louder and more...
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Memoirs of the Court of Charles the Second

Anthony Hamilton (Count), Charles II (King of England), Thomas Blount - Great Britain - 1853 - 568 pages
...courted." — Burnet's Own Times, vol. ip 137. Dryden's character of him is in these lines : — " In the first rank of these did Zimri stand ; A man...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, Bnt....
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The Spectator [by J. Addison and others] with sketches of the ..., Volumes 3-4

Spectator The - 1853 - 558 pages
...parallel character, that is wonderfully well finished by Mr. Dryden, and raised upon the same foundation. "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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The Spectator [by J. Addison and others]: with a biogr. and critical preface ...

Spectator The - 1853 - 1118 pages
...eqioymm: in their own minds. Mr. Dryden has expressed this very excdlently in the character of Zimri.* " A man so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome. Stiff in opinion, always in the wrong. Was everything by start*, and nothing long; But in...
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The pirate

Walter Scott - 1853 - 654 pages
...elevated,) " it is an impudent satire on glorious John ; but he tickled Buckingham off for it — ' In the first rank of these did Zimri stand ; A man so various ' " " Hold your peace!" said Bunce, drowning the voice of the admirer of Dryden in louder and more...
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The Spectator, Volume 2

Alexander Chalmers - Spectator (London, England : 1711) - 1853 - 554 pages
...character, that is wonderfully well finished by Mr. Dryden, and raised upon the same foundation : 1 In tlio first rank of these did Zimri stand : A man so various, that ho seem'd to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome. Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong; Was every...
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The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Volume 1

John Dryden - English poetry - 1854 - 324 pages
...more Remains of sprouting heads too long to score. Some of their chiefs were princes of the land ; In the first rank of these did Zimri stand ;* A man...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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The Works of Joseph Addison: The Spectator

Joseph Addison - 1854 - 624 pages
...parallel character, that is wonderfully well finished by Mr. Dryden, and raised upon the same foundation. In the first rank of these did Zimri' stand: A man so various, that he svent'd to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome. Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong; Was every...
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A Critical History of English Literature: The Restoration to 1800, Volume 3

David Daiches - 1979 - 336 pages
...Bayes in The Rehearsal) is much briefer than that of Shaftesbury, but no less complex and balanced: In the first rank of these did Zimri stand, A man...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...
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