Whether in florid impotence he speaks, And, as the prompter breathes, the puppet squeaks; Or at the ear of Eve, familiar Toad, Half froth, half venom, spits himself abroad, In puns, or politics, or tales, or lies, Or spite, or smut, or rhymes, or blasphemies. The Works of Lord Byron - Page 490by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1904Full view - About this book
| William Ayre, Edmund Curll - 1745 - 432 pages
...nowlow, now Matter up, now Mifs, C And he himfelf one vile Antithefis. j Amphibious Thing! Thata&iflg either Part, The trifling Head, or the corrupted Heart, Fop at the Toilet, Ffett'rer at the Board, Now trips a Lady, and now ftruts a Lord, • Eve's Temper thus the Rabbins... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1757 - 272 pages
...low, now mafter up, now mifs, And he himfelf one vile Antithefis. 325 Amphibious thing ! that afting either part, The trifling head, or the corrupted heart, Fop at the toilet, flatt'rer at the board, Now trips a Lady, and now ftruts a Lord. Eve's tempter thus the Rabbins have... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1760 - 360 pages
...low, now mafter up, now mifs, And he himfelf one vile Antithefis. 325 Amphibious thing ! that adling either part, The trifling head, or the corrupted heart, Fop at the toilet, flatt'rer at the board, Now trips a Lady, and now ftruts a Lord. Eve's tempter thus the Rabbins have... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1777 - 262 pages
...low, now matter up, now mifs, > And he himfelf one vile Antithefls. j Amphibious thing ' that afting either part, The trifling head, or the corrupted heart, Fop at the toilet, flatt'rer at the board, Now trips a Lady, and now ftruts a Lord. Eve's temper thus the Rabbins have... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 392 pages
...now matter up, now mifs, And he himfelf one vile Antithef:s. 3.25. ] Amphibious thing ! that, afting either part, The trifling head ! or the corrupted...flatterer at the board, Now trips a Lady, and now ftruts a Lord. Eve's tempter thus the Rabbins have expreft, 3.30 A Cherub's face, a reptile all the... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 1164 pages
...mifs, And he himfelf one vile Antithef:s. Amphibious thing ! that, afting either part, The triffing head ! or the corrupted heart, Fop at the toilet, flatterer at the board, Now trips a Lady, and now ftruts a Lord. Eve's tempter thus the Rabbins have expreft, 3 jo A Cherub's face, a reptile all the... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 414 pages
...And he himfelf one vile Antithef:s. Amphibious thing ! that, afting either part, The trifting head i or the corrupted heart, Fop at the toilet, flatterer at the board, Now trips a Lady, and now ftruts a Lord. Eve's tempter thus the Rabbins have expreft, 3 5a A Cherub's face, a reptile all the... | |
| Joseph Warton - 1782 - 514 pages
...In puns, or politics, or tales, or lyes, Or fpite, or fmut, or rhymes, or blafphemies.-rAmphibious thing ! that acting either part, The trifling head, or the corrupted heart, Fop at the toilet, flatt'rer at the board, Now trips a lady, and now ftruts a lord. * It is but juftice (faid Pope in... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1783 - 322 pages
...now low, now mafter up, now mifs, And he himfelf one vile antithefis. Amphibious thing ! that, afting either part, The trifling head, or the corrupted heart, Fop at the toilet, Flatt'rer at the board, Now trips a Lady, and now ftruts a Lord. Eve's tempter thus the Rabbins have... | |
| English poets - 1790 - 398 pages
...now mafter up, now mifs, L And he himfelf one vile Antithefis. 325 J Amphibious thing ! that, afting either part, The trifling head ! or the corrupted...flatterer at the board, Now trips a Lady, and now ftruts a Lord. Eve's tempter thus the Rabbins have expreft, 330 A Cherub's face, a reptile all the... | |
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