 | Walter Scott - 1860 - 414 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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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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... 
