 The one was fire and fickleness, a child, Most mutable in wishes, but in mind A wit as various, — gay, grave, sage, or wild, — Historian, bard, philosopher, combined; He multiplied himself among mankind. The Proteus of their talents; but his own Breathed...  Monthly Review; Or New Literary Journal - Seite 3181816Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1878 - 636 Seiten
...where it listed, laying all things prone, — Now to o'erthrow a fool, and now to shake a throne. eviL The other, deep and slow, exhausting thought, And...wisdom with each studious year, In meditation dwelt, vfith learning wrought, And shaped his weapon with an edge severe, Sapping a solemn creed with solemn... | |
 | Isaac Brandon - 1811 - 598 Seiten
...Historian, bard, philosopher, combined ; He multiplied himself among mankind, The Proteus of their talents : But his own Breathed most in ridicule, — which,...prone, — Now to o'erthrow a fool, and now to shake a throiif. The other, deep and slow, exhausting thought, And hiving wisdom with each studious year, In... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1879 - 290 Seiten
...Historian, bard, philosopher, combined : He multiplied himself among mankind, The Proteus of their talents : But his own Breathed most in ridicule, — which,...where it listed, laying all things prone, — Now to o'ertkrow a fool, and now to shake a throne. UJ Voltaire and Gibbon. CVII. The other, deep and slow,... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1880 - 630 Seiten
...Historian, hard, philosopher comhined : He multiplied himself among mankind, The Proteus of their talents : n George G cvn. The other, deep and slow, exhausting thought, And hiving wisdom with each studious year, In meditation... | |
 | 1889 - 514 Seiten
...Historian, bard, philosopher combined; He multiplied himself among mankind, The proteus of their talents; but his own Breathed most in ridicule, — which as...Now to o'erthrow a fool, and now to shake a throne. Gibbon, the poet describes as • • • Deep and slowly exhausting thought, And hiving wisdom with... | |
 | Harriet D. S. MacKenzie - 1881 - 616 Seiten
...hard, philosopher combined; He multiplied himself among mankind, The Proteus of their talents; hut his own Breathed most in ridicule, — which, as the...Now to o'erthrow a fool, and now to shake a throne." CHAPTER XVIII. RISING OP THE STORM FROM FRANCE. [AD 1789 TO 1798.] IN 1789 the great storm was rising... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1881 - 680 Seiten
...bard, philosopher combined : He multiplied himself among mankind. The Proteus of their talents : Hut his own Breathed most in ridicule, — which, as the...Now to o'erthrow a fool, and now to shake a throne. cvn. The other, deep and slow, exhausting thought, And hiving wisdom with each studious year, In meditation... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1881 - 610 Seiten
...mankind, The Proteus of their talents : But his own Breathed most in ridieule,— whieh, as the wind, Blow where it listed, laying all things prone, — Now to o'erthrow a fool, and now to shake a throne. evil. The other, deep and slow, exhausting thought, And hiving wisdom with eaeh studious year, ln meditation... | |
 | Henry Bernard Cotterill - 1882 - 430 Seiten
...cynic does. If he denounces, it is not with real indignation. He is either like Voltaire, who — " Breathed most in ridicule — which as the wind Blew...Now to o'erthrow a fool, and now to shake a throne ;" or else, like that " lord of irony," as Byron calls Gibbon, " sapping a solemn creed with solemn... | |
 | Henry Bernard Cotterill - 1882 - 354 Seiten
...is not with real indignation. He is either like Voltaire, who— " Breathed most in ridicule—which as the wind Blew where it listed, laying all things...Now to o'erthrow a fool, and now to shake a throne ;" or else, like that " lord of irony," as Byron calls Gibbon, " sapping a solemn creed with solemn... | |
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