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" Or spite, or smut, or rhymes, or blasphemies. His wit all see-saw, between that and this, Now high, now low, now master up, now miss, And he himself one vile Antithesis. Amphibious thing! that acting either part, The trifling head or the corrupted heart,... "
An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope ... - Page 249
by Joseph Warton - 1806
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Works of Lord Byron: With His Letters and Journals, and His Life, Volume 15

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - 1833 - 358 pages
...between that and thist Now high, now low, now master up, now miss, And he himself one vile antithesis. Amphibious thing! that acting either part, The trifling head, or the corrupted heart, Fop at the toilet, flatterer at the board, Now trips a lady, and now struts a lord. Eve's tempter thus the Rabbins have...
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The works of Alexander Pope; with a memoir of the author, notes ..., Volume 2

Alexander Pope - 1835 - 378 pages
...'that' and 'this,' Now high, now low, now master up, now miss, And he himself one vile antithesis. 325 Amphibious thing ! that acting either part, The trifling head, or the corrupted heart, Fop at the toilet, flatterer at the board, Now trips a lady, and now struts a lord. Eve's tempter thus the rabbins have...
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Woman: as she is, and as she should be

Woman - 1835 - 758 pages
...great enemy of our race had angelic features, and we read that a fairer person lost not heaven ; — " A cherub's face, a reptile all the rest, Beauty that shocks you ! " The liberality of nature in the person, is frequently attended with a deficiency of understanding....
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The Poetical Works of A. Pope: Including His Translation of Homer , to which ...

Alexander Pope - 1836 - 502 pages
...and this, Now high, now low, now master up, now mine. And he himself one vile antithesis. Amphihious l* flatterer at the hoard, Now trips a lady, and now struts a lord. Eve's tempter thus the rahhins have...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq., to which is Prefixed ..., Volume 2

Alexander Pope - 1836 - 320 pages
...and this, Now high, now low, now master up, now miss, And he himself one vile antithesis. Amphihious thing ! that, acting either part, The trifling head, or the corrupted heart ; Fop at the toilet, flatterer at the hoard, Sow trips a lady, and now struts a lord. Eve's tempter thus the rahbins have...
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The Book of Gems: Pomfret to Bloomfield

Samuel Carter Hall - 1837 - 448 pages
...between that and this, Now high, now low, now master up, now mi---, And he himself ope vile Antitheses. Amphibious thing ! that, acting either part, .•;...or the corrupted heart ! . • Fop at the toilet, flatterer, at the board,' . Now trips a' lady, and now struts a lord. . . • Eve's tempter thus,'...
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The Book of Gems: Pomfret to Bloomfield

Samuel Carter Hall - 1837 - 438 pages
...between that and this, Now high, now low, now master up, now miss, And he himself one vile Antithesis. Amphibious thing ! that, acting either part, The trifling...head ! or the corrupted heart, Fop at the toilet, flatterer at the board, Now trips a lady, and now struts a lord. Eve's tempter thus, the Rabbins have...
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The Dublin Review, Volume 7

Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1839 - 584 pages
...Vice-Chamberlain, contained in the prologue to his Satires. We will quote only the concluding lines : — " Amphibious thing ! that acting either part, The trifling head, or the corrupted heart, Fop at the toilet, flatterer at the board, Now trips a lady, and now struts a lord. Eve's tempter thus the Rabins have...
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The poetical works of Alexander Pope. Ed. by H.F. Cary, with a biogr. notice ...

Alexander Pope - 1839 - 510 pages
...between thai and this, Now high, now low, now master up, now miss, And he himself one vile antithesis. Amphibious thing! that acting either part, The trifling head, or the corrupted heart, Fop at the toilet, flatterer at the board, Now trips a lady, and now struts a lord. Eve's tempter thus the rabbins have...
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Selections from the British Poets, Volume 1

1840 - 372 pages
...between that and this, Now high, now low, now master up, now miss, And he himself one vile antithesis. Amphibious thing ! that, acting either part, The trifling head or the corrupted heart, Fop at the toilet, flatterer at the board, Now trips a lady, and now struts a lord. Eve's tempter thus the rabbins have...
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