 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
 | 1878 - 446 Seiten
...private crimes. CHARACTER OF THE 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 seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome: Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - 524 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 Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was... | |
 | Horace Hills Morgan - 1880 - 474 Seiten
...a son ; * * # * * ZIMRI. (Absalom and Achitophel.) Some of their chiefs were princes in 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 : 5 Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong... | |
 | 1908 - 434 Seiten
...taste of his quality " in one kind of his poems : — .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... | |
 | Denys Thompson - 1978 - 252 Seiten
...Achitophel, an extremely clever show-piece, with brilliant character sketches like that of Buckingham: 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... | |
 | David Daiches - 1979 - 336 Seiten
...Bayes in The Rehearsal) is much briefer than that of Shaftesbury, but no less complex and balanced: 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... | |
 | Richard Jenkyns - 1992 - 526 Seiten
...Achitophel the notorious description of George Villicrs, Duke of Buckingham (himself a satirist), as Zimri: 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. StitTin Opinions, always in the Wrong; Was... | |
 | Paul Hammond - 2002 - 484 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 Not one, but all mankind's epitome. Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was... | |
 | Joseph Roach - 2007 - 284 Seiten
...intimacy that only learned malice can perfectly inspire: 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... | |
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