 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1822 - 1024 pages
...howsomdever, d'ye sec " [indent 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 Dunce, drowning the voice of the admirer of Dry den in louder and more... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - 820 pages
...vigilabat ad ipsum Mani; diem totum sterlebat. Nilfuitunifuam Sic ' impar' sibi. HOE. SAT. i. 3, 3. Instead of translating this passage in Horace, I shall...Dryden, and raised upon the same foundation : In the fir^t rank of these did Zimri stand : A man so various, that he seem'd to be Not one, but all mankind's... | |
 | James Ferguson - English essays - 1823 - 438 pages
...fuit unquam Sic ' impar'tibi HOR. 1 Sat. iii. Instead of translating this passage in Horace, I fihall entertain my English reader with the description of a parallel character, that is wonderfully wellfinished by Mr. Dryden, and raised upon the same foundation : In the first rank of these did Zimri... | |
 | Spectator (London, England : 1711) - 1824 - 292 pages
...vigilubat ad ipsum Mane: diemlotumstertcbat. Nilfuit unjuam Sic impar slbi— Hon. Sat. 3. lib. 1. ; Instead of translating this passage in Horace, I shall...character, that is wonderfully well finished by Mr. Drydcn, and raised upon the same foundation. " In the first rank of these did /imri stand: A man so... | |
 | Walter Scott - Historical fiction, Scottish - 1825 - 434 pages
...little 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 vehement... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1826 - 310 pages
...little 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... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1828 - 432 pages
...vigilabat ad ipsum Mane : diem totum stertebat. Nil fuit unquam Sic impar sibi. liar. Lib. 1 . Sat. iii. Instead of translating this passage in Horace, I shall...description of a parallel character, that is wonderfully well-finished by Mr. Dryden, and raised upon the same foundation : In the first rank of these did Zimri... | |
 | John Dryden - 1832 - 342 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 so various, that he seem'd to be nt Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong; Was every thing by... | |
 | 1836 - 932 pages
...vigilabat ad ipsum Mane: diem totum sterlebat. Nil fuit uiiquam Sic impar sibi liar. Lib. 1. Sal. iii. suitable agitation in the fan; insomuch, that if...have seen a fan so very angry, that it would have be founcla tiori : In the first rank of these did Zimri stand : A man »n various, that he seem'd to be... | |
 | English essays - 1836 - 1118 pages
...tolum stertebaL Nil fuit uiiquam HÖR. l Sät. ¡U. Instead of translating this passage in Horace, 1 lds, is a very venerable man who is ever with Sir Roger, and has lived at his house in the nature o wel finished by Mi. Dryden, and raised upon the same foundation: la the first rank of these did Zimri... | |
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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... 
