 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...  The Pirate - Seite 393von Walter Scott - 1846 - 511 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1871 - 564 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1872 - 582 Seiten
...characters will be as good as manuscript. I will at all events try the experiment. Here they he : " 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... | |
 | 1872 - 900 Seiten
...WOLFE. ZIMRI. GEORGE V1LLIERS, DUKE OP BUCKINGHAM. 1682. SOME of their chiefs were princes of the land ; visions fair, what glorious life ? Where thou hast been ? The that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong ;... | |
 | Anthologia Anglica - 1873 - 512 Seiten
...own ! Absalom and AcMtophel. (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 Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong ;... | |
 | Thomas Arnold - 1873 - 590 Seiten
...may be compared with that by Pope (see p. 438) : — 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... | |
 | Frederick A. Laing - 1873 - 262 Seiten
...rhyming couplets, having ten syllables in each line. " 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, bnt all mankind's epitome: Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was... | |
 | John Dryden - 1874 - 740 Seiten
...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 Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong ;... | |
 | John Dryden - 1874 - 376 Seiten
...more i 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: I Stiff in opinions, always in the... | |
 | John Dryden - 1874 - 388 Seiten
...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,... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1875 - 584 Seiten
...character, that is wonderfully well finished by Mr. Dryden n, and raised upon the same foundation. 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 ; 20... | |
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