 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1862 - 592 pàgines
...characters will be as good as manuscript. I will at all events try the experiment. Here they be : " la 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 every... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1864 - 352 pàgines
...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... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1865 - 252 pàgines
...tree. CHABACTEB or THE DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM AS ZHTBI. 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 ev"rything... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1866 - 446 pàgines
...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 - 1869 - 588 pàgines
...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... | |
 | William Davis (B.A.) - 1869 - 200 pàgines
...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... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, William Smith - 1869 - 420 pàgines
...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... | |
 | John Dryden - 1871 - 368 pàgines
...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 - 380 pàgines
...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 - 1871 - 564 pàgines
...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... 
