 | John Dryden - 1866 - 348 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 us But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon : «o Then... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - English literature - 1866 - 446 pages
...accusé de haute trahison, il était absous par le grand jury, malgré tous les efforts de la cour, I. In the first rank of these did Zimri stand; A man so various that be seem'd to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was ev'ry... | |
 | John Milton - Freedom of the press - 1869 - 588 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 be seem'd to be Not one, but all Mankinds Epitome. Stiff in Opinions, always in the wrong ; Was every... | |
 | sir William Smith - 1869 - 382 pages
...CHARACTEB or ZIMRI (VILLIERS, Duke of 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 seem'd to be Nos one, but all mankind's epitome : 5 Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong ; Was every thing by... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, William Smith - English literature - 1869 - 420 pages
...CHARACTER OF ZIMRI (VILLIERS, Duke of Buckingham). Some of their chiefs were princess 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 everything... | |
 | William Davis (B.A.) - 1869 - 200 pages
...VILLIERS, DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM, DELINEATED AS ZIMRI. 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 everything... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1870 - 610 pages
...— — HOE. Sat. iii. lib. 1. Instead of translating this passage in Horace, I shall enter • tain my English reader with the description of a parallel...the same foundation. In the first rank of these did Zimri1 stand: A man so various, that he seem'd to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome. Stiff in opinions,... | |
 | John Dryden - 1871 - 380 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 seemed to be 545 Not one, but all mankind's epitome: Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything... | |
 | John Dryden - 1871 - 368 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 seemed to be 545 Not one, but all mankind's epitome: Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - English literature - 1871 - 564 pages
...them, rail at them, hurl them from the high rank which they covet. Dryden passes them all in review : ' 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... | |
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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... 
