 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.  Oeuvres - Page 126by Jacques Delille - 1824Full view - About this book
 | 1796 - 500 lehte
...the board, Now trips a lady, and now struts a lord. Eve's tempter thus the Rabbins have exprest, 330 A cherub's face, a reptile all the rest; Beauty that...Fashion's fool, Not Lucre's madman, nor Ambition's tool, 335 Not proud nor servile, be one poet's praise ; That if he plcas'd, he pleas'd by manly ways; That... | |
 | 1842 - 592 lehte
...betray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. Eve's tempter thus the Rabbins have express'd, A cherub's face, a reptile all the rest ; Beauty that shocks you, parts that none can trust, Wit that can creep, and pride that licks the dust.' Surely, whether we agree with the noble... | |
 | 1814 - 556 lehte
...the board, Now trips a lady, and now struts a lord. Eve's tempter, thus, the Rab'oins have exprest A cherub's face, a reptile all the rest ; Beauty that...Wit that can creep, and pride that licks the dust. ' The Moral Essays are wholly made up of such characters of persons, either living or recently deceased... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1804 - 190 lehte
...a lord. Eve's tempter thus, the Rabbins have exprest, 330 A cherub's face, a reptile all the rest j Beauty that shocks you, parts that none will trust,...Fashion's fool, Not Lucre's madman nor Ambition's tool, 335 Not proud nor servile, be one poet's praise, That if he pleas'd he pleas'd by manly ways ; That... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1806 - 440 lehte
...thus, the rabbins have exprest, A cherub's face, a reptile all the rest; Beauty that shocks you, pride that none will trust, Wit that can creep, and pride that licks the dust.f Language cannot afford, more glowing or more forcible terms to express the utmost bitterness... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1806 - 440 lehte
...the board, Now trips a lady, and now struts a lord. Eve's tempter thus, the rabbins have exprest, r. A cherub's face, a reptile all the rest; Beauty that shocks you, pride that none will trust, Wit that can creep, and pride that licks the dust.f Language cannot afford... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1807 - 288 lehte
...the board, Now trips a lady, and now struts a lord. Eve's tempter thus, the Rabhins have exprest, 330 A cherub's face, a reptile all the rest; Beauty that...worshipper, nor fashion's fool, Not lucre's madman, nor amhition's tool, 335 Not proud nor servile, he one's poet's praise, That if he pleas'd he pleas'd by... | |
 | John Bell - 1807 - 562 lehte
...the board, Now trips a lady, and now struts a lord. Eve's tempter thus the Rabbins have exprest, 330 A cherub's face, a reptile all the rest ; Beauty that...parts that none will trust, Wit that can creep, and piide that licks the dust. Not Fortune's worshipper, nor Fashion's fool, Not Lucre's madman, nor Ambition's... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1807 - 474 lehte
...tempter thus the rabhins have exprefit, A cherub's face, a reptile all the real; Beauty that shocks yon, parts that none will trust, Wit that can creep, and pride that licks the dost. .Not fortune's worshipper, nor fashion's fool. Hot lucre's madman, nor amhition's tool, Not proud,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1808 - 702 lehte
...tempter thus the rabbins have ewprest, A cherub's face, and reptile all the rest; Beanty that shocks yon, parts that none will trust, Wit that can creep, and...dust. Not fortune's worshipper, nor fashion's fool, >Iot lncre's madman, nor ambition"s tool, a . niss, >. Not proud, nor servile ; be one poet's praise,... | |
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