 | John Dryden - 1800 - 674 דפים
...work more happily, perhaps more dexterously. I avoided the mention of great crimes, and applied mysetf admirable delineation of the Duke of Buckingham, under...be one of his- happiest performances. In the first rarik of these did Zimri stand ; A man so various, that he seem'd to be Not one, but all mankind's... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 476 דפים
...plots wi^h plots so c«ost, That the true plut amongst Uie Uilse was lost. Absalam Senior. Note XVIII. 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. — P. 233. This inimitable description refers, as... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 322 דפים
...character, that is wonderfully well finished by Mr. Dryden, and raised upon the same foundation : In 1 lie first rank of these did Zimri stand : A man so various, that he seera'd to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome. Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong . Was every... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1822 - 362 דפים
...appellations, he thus paints our singularly accomplished, and, I am afraid, somewhat dangerous neighbour. 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 every... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1822 - 1024 דפים
...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... | |
 | James Ferguson - 1823 - 438 דפים
...parallel character, that is wonderfully wellfinished by Mr. Dryden, and raised upon the same foundation : 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 every... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1825 - 434 דפים
...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 דפים
...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... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1844 - 662 דפים
...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... | |
 | Anthony Hamilton (Count), Charles II (King of England), Thomas Blount - 1846 - 572 דפים
...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 so various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong ; Was every... | |
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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... 
