...OP BUCKINGHAM. [This is the Duke of Buckingham, who survives in the satires of Dry den and Pope : " A man so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but...in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by turns, and nothing long." The following letter was written probably early in 1666, when, having fallen...

...The Rehearsal ;" and in return Drydcn thu» describes him as Zimi in Absalom and Achitophcl." — " 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 Wss chemist, fiddler,...

...characters will be as good as manuscript. I will at all events try the experiment. Here they be : " In the first rank of these did Zimri stand, A man...nothing long; But in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides...

...as pood as manuscript. I will at all events try the experiment. Here they be : " In the first ranis; of these did Zimri stand: A man so various, that he...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 chemist, fiddler,....

...characters will be as good as manuscript. I will at all events try the experiments. Here they be : " In the first rank of these did Zimri stand : A man...nothing long ; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides...

...characters will be as good as manuscript. I will at all events try the experiment. Here they be : " In the first rank of these did Zimri stand: A man...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 chemist, fiddler,...

...first rank of these did Zimri stand ; A man so various, that he seem'd to be Not one, but all maukind's epitome. Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was...nothing long ; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides...

...heads toward Fort Laramie, then about seven hundred miles to the westward. CHAPTER V. THE 'BIG BLUE.' " 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 space of one revolving moon, Was gamester, chemist,...

...Spectator. A man so various that he seem'd to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome Stiff in opinion, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts, and...nothing long! But in the course of one revolving moon, Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon. Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides...

...courted." — Burnet's Own Times, vol. ip 137. Dryden's character of him is in these lines : — " In the first rank of these did Zimri stand ; A man...epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong ; Was every thing by starts, and nothing long, Bnt. in the course of one revolving moon, Was chymist, fiddler,...