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 poetical works of Alexander Pope, with a life, by A. Dyce - Page 8by Alexander Pope - 1863Full view - About this book
| William Ayre, Edmund Curll - 1745 - 432 lehte
...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 lehte
...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 lehte
...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 lehte
...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 lehte
...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 lehte
...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 lehte
...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 lehte
...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 lehte
...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 lehte
...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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