| Alexander Pope - 1812 - 348 pages
...the way. Whether in florid impotence he speaks, And, as the prompter breathes, the puppet squeak* ; Or at the ear of Eve, familiar toad, Half froth, half venom, spits himself abroad, 320 In puns, or politics, or tales, or lies, Or spite, or smut, or rhymes, or blasphemies. His wit... | |
| William Coxe - 1816 - 464 pages
...Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, " As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. " Whether in florid impotence he speaks, " And, as the prompter breathes,...toad, " Half froth, half venom, spits himself abroad, &c. " Amphibious thing ! that acting either part, " The trifling head, or the corrupted heart, " Fop... | |
| John Aikin - 1820 - 832 pages
...Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, { As sliallow streams run dimpling all the way. Whether in florid s, Orme & Brown car of Eve, familiar toad, Half froth, half venom, spits himself abroad, In puns, or politics, or tales,... | |
| John Aikin - 1821 - 402 pages
...Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. Whether in florid impotence he speaks, And, as the prompter breathes,...himself abroad, In puns, or politics, or tales, or lies, Or spite, or smut, or rhymes, or blasphemies. His wit all see-saw, between that and this, Now... | |
| 1822 - 284 pages
...Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. Whether in florid impotence he speaks, And, as the prompter breathes,...himself abroad, In puns, or politics, or tales, or lies, Or spite, or smut, or rhymes, or blasphemies; His wit all see-saw between that and this, Now... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1822 - 452 pages
...Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, 315 As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. Whether in florid impotence he speaks, And, as the prompter breathes,...Toad, Half froth, half venom, spits himself abroad, 320 In puns, or politics, or tales, or lies, Or spite, or smut, or rhymes, or blasphemies. written... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1822 - 468 pages
...Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, 315 As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. Whether in florid impotence he speaks, And, as the prompter breathes,...Toad, Half froth, half venom, spits himself abroad, 320 In puns, or politics, or tales, or lies, Or spite, or smut, or rhymes, or blasphemies. NOTES. written... | |
| Richard Alfred Davenport - 1824 - 406 pages
...Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. Whether in florid impotence he speaks, And, as the prompter breathes,...spits himself abroad, In puns or politics or tales or lies Or spite or smut or rhymes or blasphemies ; His wit all seesaw between that and this, Now high,... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 pages
...Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. Whether in florid nd temples rent ; And Cœsar's head at last * Did...madness to resist or blame The face of angry heaven's polities, or tales, or lies, Or spite, or smut, or rhymes, or blasphemies. His wit all see-saw, between... | |
| Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - 1824 - 498 pages
...Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, 315 As shallow streams run dimpling all the way; Whether in florid impotence he speaks, And, as the prompter breathes,...toad, Half froth, half venom, spits himself abroad, 320 In puns, or politics, or tales, or lies, Or spite, or smut, or rhymes, or blasphemies. NOTES. benefit... | |
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