| Walter Scott - 1860 - 414 páginas
...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... | |
| William Francis Collier - 1862 - 678 páginas
...two-legged thing— a son. CHARACTER 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 seemed to be, Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was ev'rything... | |
| Thomas Arnold - 1862 - 452 páginas
...be compared with that by Pope (see p. 301) : — " 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... | |
| Mrs. A. T. Thomson - 1862 - 346 páginas
...sprouting heads too long to score,' he adds : — ' Some of their chiefs were princes of the laud ; 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 Francis Collier - 1862 - 550 páginas
...two-legged thing— a son. CHARACTER OF BUCKINOiHAM. 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... | |
| Mary Russell Mitford - 1862 - 592 páginas
...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... | |
| Mrs. A. T. Thomson - 1862 - 356 páginas
...sprouting heads too long to score,' he adds : — 'Some of their chie£i were princes of the UaJ ; la the first rank of these did Zimri stand — A man so various- that he seemed to be X.jt one, but all mankind's epitome ; Sriff in opinions, always ia the wrongWas everytiiing... | |
| Walter Scott - 1864 - 352 páginas
...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 - 1864 - 472 páginas
...passage in Horace, I shall entertain my'English reader vith the description of a parallel characer, that is wonderfully well finished by Mr, Dryden, and raised upon the same founda tion : In the first rank of these did Zimri stand : A man so various, that he seem'd to be Not... | |
| Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1865 - 252 páginas
...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... | |
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