 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 Spectator, with Illustrative Notes: To which are Prefixed, the Lives of ... - Page 1841794Full view - About this book
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...seem'd to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong ; Was every o sit'st above these Heavens TJ us mvisible, or dimly...Thy goodness beyond thought, and pow'r divine. Sp rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking. Blest madman, who could every... | |
 | Spectator (London, England : 1711) - 1824 - 292 pages
...SPECTATOR. 7 Not one, but all mankind's epitome. Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong; Was every thing by starts, and nothing long; But in the course...statesman, and buffoon: Then all for women, painting-, rhyming, drinking; Besides ten thousand freaks that cly'd in thinking. Blest madman, who could every... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1824 - 406 pages
...seem'd 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 the course of one revolving moon, Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon : Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides... | |
 | Richard Warner - 1824 - 434 pages
...seem'd to be, Not one, bat all mankind's epitome; Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was every thing by starts, and nothing long ; But in the course of one revolving moon, Was chymist, fidler, statesman, and buffoon : Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides... | |
 | George Lewis Smyth - 1826 - 1042 pages
...Not one, but all mankind's epitome 7 Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was every thing by fits, and nothing long ; But in the course of one revolving moon Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon. no SHEFFIELD, DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM, KG Great Sheffield's Muse... | |
 | George Lewis Smyth - London (England) - 1826 - 556 pages
...Not one, but all mankind's epitome ; Stiffin opinions, always in the wrong, Was every thing by fits, and nothing long ; But in the course of one revolving moon Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon. SHEFFIELD, DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM, KG Great Sheffield's Muse... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1828 - 432 pages
...seem'd 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 the course...statesman, and buffoon : Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that dy'd in thinking. • Blest madman, who could every... | |
 | John Timbs - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1829 - 354 pages
...he seem'd to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome. Stiff in opinion, always in the wrong, Was every thing by starts, and nothing long! But in the course of one revolving moon, Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon. Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides... | |
 | Medicine - 1830 - 602 pages
...mankind's epitome. Stiff in opinion, always in the wrong ; Was every thing by starts, and nothing lung ; But in the course of one revolving moon Was chemist,...statesman, and buffoon. Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking, are applicable to thousands besides... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Great Britain - 1831 - 542 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, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon." He died in great misery. Pope thus describes the miserable end of his career : " In the worst inn's... | |
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