 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 all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that...  Poetical Works: With a Memoir - Pagina 147di John Dryden - 1866Visualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
 | 1821 - 800 pagine
...nothing long ; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, poet, statesman and buffoon : Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking. Thus wicked but in will, of means bereft, He left not faction, but of that was left." And what's this... | |
 | 1821 - 778 pagine
...nothing long; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, poet, statesman and buffoon : Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking. Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking. Thus wicked but in will, of means bereft, He left not faction, but of that was left." And what's this... | |
 | 1822 - 314 pagine
...for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking. Bless'd madman! who could every hour employ With something...or over civil, That every man, with him, was god or deviK Nothing went unrewarded but desert: In squandering wealth was his peculiar art; Beggar'd by fools,... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1822 - 366 pagine
...nothing long ; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon : Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides...hour employ With something new to wish or to enjoy J Railing and praising were his usual themes, And, both to show his judgment, in extremes ; So over... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 316 pagine
...nothing long; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon : Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking. Bless'd madman ! who could every hour employ With something new to wish or to enjoy! Railing and praising... | |
 | James Ferguson - 1823 - 426 pagine
...nothing long ! But in the course of one revolving moon, Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon. Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks, that died in thinking; Bless'd madman, who could every hour enjoy In something new to wish, or to employ! In squand'ring wealth... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 278 pagine
...nothing long ! But in the course of one revolving moon, Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon. Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking; Bless'd madman, who could every hour employ Tu something new to wish, or to enjoy ! In squand'ring... | |
 | James Ferguson - 1823 - 438 pagine
...nothing long ; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon : Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that dy'd in thinking. Blest madman, who could every hour employ, With something new to wish, or to enjoy... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - 820 pagine
...nothing long ; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon : Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking. Besides ten thousand freaks that dy'd in thinking. Blest madman, who could every hour employ, With something new to wish, or to enjoy... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 pagine
...nothing long; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon : thought, and pow'r divine. Speak ye who best 1 Railing and praising were his usual themes; And both, to shew his judgment, in extremes: So over... | |
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