...enoyment in their own minds. Mr. Dryden las expressed this very excellently in the character of Zimri: " rcumstances by his looks, that I have sometimes employed myself from Charing-Cross opinion, always in the wrong, Was every thin? by starts, and nothing lohf I But in tbe course of one...

...princes of the land : In the first rank of these did Zimri stand ; A man so various that he seem'd to myself. Yet by your gracious patience I ev'rything by starts, and nothing long ; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler,...

...every other. His tragedy, which was never very good, became at last intolerable ; but he — " Was a man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome." He tried all sorts of experiments, — building, book-writing, book-selling, and the freak...

...the Mormons or not, time will show. Here endeth the narrative of the indescribable Obadiah Keedle. " A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but many men's epitome." CHAPTER XX. CERTAIN MEMBERS OF CERTAIN CHURCHES. Colonel Henry Blumford, a member...

...(the last but three), is to be found in his immortal character of the Duke of Buckingham : — • A man so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but...always in the wrong, Was everything by starts, and not/ting long ; But in the course of one revolving moon Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon...

...line (the last but three), is to be found in his immortal character of the Duke of Buckingham : — A man so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but...mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong y Was everything by starts, and nothing long ; But in the course of one revolving moon Was chemist,...

...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, Was ev'rything by starts, and nothing long ; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chymist, fiddler,...

...With this manly resolution, he prosecuted his journey to London. A man so various, that he seem'd to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome ; Stiff in opinions — always in the wrong — Was every thing by starts, but nothing long; Who, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler,...

...Russia, France, and Poland), were considered proficients in the gift of tongues. While Wyndham was thus " So various that he seemed to be Not one but all mankind's epitome" — he was also ready to speak in the House when it was thought necessary by his friends or...

...137. Dryden's character of him is in these lines:— " In the first rank of these did Zimri stand ; A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but...epitome: Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong; Was every thing by starts, and nothing long, But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chymist, fiddler,...