...princes of the land: In the first rank of these did Zimri stand;0 A man so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome: Stiff in opinions,...long; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon: 550 Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides...

...which was later elaborated by Dryden in his portrait of Zimri: A man so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome. Stiff in opinions,...long; But in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman and buffoon. After complexity, the divided mind. Because of their imperial...

...George Villiers, duke of Buckingham, old literary enemy, gets anything but subtle treatment in Absalom: "Stiff in Opinions, always in the wrong; / Was everything...Moon, / was Chymist, Fiddler, States-man, and Buffoon ..." (547ff.). Indeed, much of the satiric rhetoric in Absalom draws on the rough matter of personal...

...that, Dryden chose his text with the special intimacy that only learned malice can perfectly inspire: Some of their Chiefs were Princes of the Land: In...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...

...hundred miles to the westward. CHAPTER V. THE "B16 BLOT." A man *o various that Ike seemed to b* Hot one, but all mankind's epitome ; Stiff in opinions,...everything by starts, and nothing long, But, in the space ol one revolving moon, Was gamester, chemist, fiddler, and buffoon. THK great medley of Oregon...