 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 long; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then...  The works of ... Joseph Addison, collected by mr. Tickell - الصفحة 349بواسطة Joseph Addison - 1804عرض كامل - لمحة عن هذا الكتاب
 | Joseph Twadell Shipley - 2001 - عدد الصفحات: 688
...seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome: Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts, and nothing long; But in the course of...moon Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon. kert: twist together. Gk khurtos, L cratis: wickerwork. L crassus: thick, solid. cartilage, cartilaginous,... | |
 | Palgrave Macmillan Ltd - 1990 - عدد الصفحات: 622
...In a theocracy, adulterous and rebellious (Numbers 25; But, in the course of one revolving moon, 550 Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon; Then...rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking. Blest madman, who could every hour employ With something new to wish or to enjoy!... | |
 | Alan L. Mackay - 1991 - عدد الصفحات: 312
...seem'd to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome. Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong; Was everything by starts, and nothing long: But, in the course of...moon, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon. Absalom and Achitophel I, 545 89 Mere poets are sottish as mere drunkards are, who live in a continual... | |
 | Richard Jenkyns - 1992 - عدد الصفحات: 526
...seem'd to be Not one. but all Mankind's Epitome. StitTin Opinions, always in the Wrong; Was Everything by Starts, and Nothing long: But, in the Course of one revolving Moon, Was Chymist, Fidler, States-man, and Buffoon; Then all for Women, Painting, Rhiming, Drinking, Besides... | |
 | Arthur Asa Berger - عدد الصفحات: 220
...seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome: Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong Was everything by starts and nothing long; But in the course of one revolving moon Was chemist, statesman, fiddler, and buffoon; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking Besides ten thousand... | |
 | Robert Andrews - 1997 - عدد الصفحات: 666
...seemed tobe Not one, but all mankind's epitome. Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong; Was everything by starts, and nothing long: But in the course of...moon Was chemist, fiddler, statesman and buffoon. JOHN DRYDEN, (1631-1700) British poet, dramatist, critic. "Absalom and Achitophel," pt. 1,1.545-50(1681).... | |
 | Denis Mack Smith - 1997 - عدد الصفحات: 556
...tradition, at another the herald of a new age. Stiff in opinions, always in the wrongc Was everything by starts, and nothing long; But, in the course of...moon, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman and buffoon. At once revolutionary and conservative. Catholic and an ti religious, socialistic and bourgeois, the... | |
 | Connie Robertson - 1998 - عدد الصفحات: 404
...seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome. Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong; Was everything by starts, and nothing long: But, in the course of...moon, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon. 1189 Absalom and Achitophel In squandering wealth was his peculiar art: Nothing went unrewarded, but... | |
 | Connie Robertson - 1998 - عدد الصفحات: 686
...seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome. Stiff in opinlons, always in the wrong; Was everything by starts, and nothing long: But, in the course of...moon, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon. 3027 Absalom and Achitophel In squandering wealth was his peculiar art: Nothing went unrewarded, but... | |
 | Rose A. Zimbardo - 1998 - عدد الصفحات: 222
...staccato beat of isolated words in combat: ] Zimri ] ... in course of one revolving moon, Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon: Then all for women,...rhyming, drinking. Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking. Blest madman . . . [549-553] The whole structural design of the poem consists in... | |
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