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
| Alexander Pope - 1822 - 452 pages
...blasphemies.} In former editions these two lines followed immediately : NOTES. His wit all sea-saw, between 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... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1822 - 452 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, flatt'rer at the board, Now trips a Lady, and now struts a Lord. Eve's tempter thus the Rabbins have... | |
| Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - 1824 - 498 pages
...immediately : Did ever smock-face act so vile a part 7 A trifling head, and a corrupted heart. VOL. VI. G His wit all seesaw, between that and this, Now high,...up, now miss, And he himself one vile antithesis. 325 • Amphibious thing ! that acting either part, The trifling head, or the corrupted heart, Fop... | |
| Jacques Delille - 1824 - 474 pages
...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 : His wit all sec-saw, between that and this, Now high, now low, now master up, now miss, And he himself one vile... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1825 - 600 pages
...venom, spita himself abroad, In puns, or polities, or tales, or lies, Or spite, or smut, or rhymçs, aping tombs, and purple fires : Now lakes of liquid...maehines. Unnumber'd throngs on every side are seen Of bo aeting either part, The trifling head, or the eorrupted heart, t'op at the toilet, flatterer at the... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1828 - 264 pages
...Eve, familiar toad, Half froth, half venotn, spits himself abroad, ID puns, or politics, or tales, or lies, Or spite, or smut, or rhymes or blasphemies...antithesis. Amphibious thing '.that, acting either part, The trfling head, or the corrupted heart; Fop at the toilet, flatterer at the board, Now trips a lady,... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1828 - 234 pages
...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...that and this, Now high, now low, now master up, now mis And he himself one viie antithesis. Amphibious thing! that acting either part, The trifling head,... | |
| Edmund Henry Barker - 1829 - 798 pages
...himself abroad : In puns, or politiet, or tales, or lies, Or spile, or smut, or rhymes, or blasphemies. Amphibious thing ! that acting either part, The trifling head, or the corrupted heart, Fop at the toilet, fatt'rer at the board, Now trips a lady, and now struts a lord. Eve's tempter thus, the Rabbins have... | |
| Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 798 pages
...on John's side ; so they wept tetmwing up and down from ODG end of the room to the other. Arbuthnot. His wit all seesaw, between that and this ; Now high,...up, now miss, And he himself one vile antithesis. Pope. SEETACOOND, a town of Bengal, in Chittagong, having a warm spring, from which there frequently... | |
| Edmund Henry Barker - 1829 - 804 pages
...himself abroad : In puns, or politics, or tales, or lies, Or spite, or smut, or rhymes, or blasphemies. Amphibious 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 struts a lord. Eve's tempter thus, the Rabbins have... | |
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