 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 Byron Baron Byron - 1883 - 308 Seiten
...philosopher, combined; He multiplied himself among mankind, The Proteus of their talents : but his own2 Breathed most in ridicule,— which, as the wind,...Now to o'erthrow a fool, and now to shake a throne. cvii The other3, deep and slow, exhausting thought, And hiving* wisdom with each studious year, In... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1883 - 1162 Seiten
...himself among mankind, The Proteus of their talents: But his own Breathed most in ridicule,—which, CVII. The other, deep and slow, exhausting thought, And hiving wisdom with each studious year, * Voltaire... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1885 - 360 Seiten
...bard, philosopher, combined ; He multiplied himself among mankind, 990 The Proteus of their talents : But his own Breathed most in ridicule, — which,...Now to o'erthrow a fool, and now to shake a throne. 107. The other, deep and slow, exhausting thought, 995 And hiving wisdom with each studious year, In... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1885 - 420 Seiten
...among mankind, The Proteus of their talents: But bis own . Breathed most in ridicule, — which, äs the wind, Blew where it listed, laying all things...Now to o'erthrow a fool, and now to shake a throne. 107. The other, deep and slow, exhausting thought, And hiving wisdom with each studious year, 106,... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1885 - 288 Seiten
...Historian, bard, philosopher, combined; He multiplied himself among mankind, The Proteus of their talents: But his own Breathed most in ridicule, — which, as the wind, Blew where it listed, laying all thingsprone, — Now to o'erthrow a fool, and now to shake a throne. In meditation dwelt, with learning... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1891 - 752 Seiten
...Historian, bard, philosopher combined : He multiplied himself among mankind, The Proteus of their talents : 4 CVI I. The other, deep and slow, exhausting thought, And hiving wisdom with each studious year, In... | |
 | 1923 - 574 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." You could hardly sum up Voltaire better than in those last two lines. In May, 1818, an entirely new... | |
 | Harriet D. S. Mackenzie - 1895 - 620 Seiten
...Historian, bard, philosopher combined; He multiplied himself among mankind, The Proteus of their talents ; but his own Breathed most in ridicule, — which,...Now to o'erthrow a fool, and now to shake a throne." CHAPTER XVIII. RISING OF THE STORM FROM FRANCE. [AD 1789 TO 1798.] IN 1789 the great storm was rising... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1896 - 692 Seiten
...Historian, bard, philosopher, combined; He multiplied himself among mankind, The Protens of their talents: But his own Breathed most in ridicule, — which,...Now to o'erthrow a fool, and now to shake a throne. Dass Byron gerade um diese Zeit sich eingehend mit Voltaire beschaftigt hat, beweist das nach einer... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1899 - 592 Seiten
...Canto of Don Juan (see Life, Appendix, p. 809), and lashes •• the school " secuncium artetn.] cv1. Breathed most in ridicule, — which, as the wind,...prone, — Now to o'erthrow a fool, and now to shake a throne.1 The other, deep and slow, exhausting thought,1 And hiving wisdom with each studious year,... | |
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