 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...  The Port Folio - Side 1561817Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1873 - 336 sider
...combined ; He multiplied himself among mankind, The Proteus of their talents : But his own Breathed most in ridicule, — which, as the wind, Blew where...Now to o'erthrow a fool, and now to shake a throne. CVIL The other, deep and slow, exhausting thought, And hiving wisdom with each studious year, In meditation... | |
 | 1877 - 294 sider
...combined ; He multiplied himself among mankind, The Protens of their talents : but his own Breathed most in ridicule, — which, as the wind, Blew where...Now to o'erthrow a fool, and now to shake a throne. And shaped his weapon with an edge severe, Sapping a solemn creed with solemn sneer : The lord of irony,... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1877 - 234 sider
...combined ; He multiplied himself among mankind, The Proteus ' of their talents : But his own -Breathed most in ridicule, — which, as the wind, Blew where...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.) - 1878 - 636 sider
...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 sider
...combined ; He multiplied himself among mankind, The Proteus of their talents : But his own Breathed most in ridicule, — which, as the wind, Blew where...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 sider
...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 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 sider
...comhined : He multiplied himself among mankind, The Proteus of their talents : But his own Breathed o shall trace the void, O'er the dun fragments cast...is," where all is douhl> night? LXXXI. The douhle nig cvn. The other, deep and slow, exhausting thought, And hiving wisdom with each studious year, In meditation... | |
 | 1889 - 514 sider
...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...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 sider
...philosopher combined; He multiplied himself among mankind, The Proteus of their talents; hut his own Breathed most in ridicule, — which, as the wind, Blew where...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 - 610 sider
...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... | |
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