As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. 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... The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: In Nine Volumes Complete, with His Last ... - Page 39by Alexander Pope - 1760Full view - About this book
| Alexander Pope - 1783 - 322 lehte
...puppet fqueaks; Or at the ear of Ei/e, familiar Toad, Half froth, half venom, (pits himfelf abroad, In puns, or politics, or tales, or lies, ' Or fpite, or fmut, or rhymes, or blafphemies. His wit all fee-faw, between that and this, Now high, now low, now mafter up, now mifs, And he himfelf one vile... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1787 - 396 lehte
...the way. Whether in florid impotence he fpeaks, And, as the prompter breaches, the puppet fqueaks ; Or at the ear of Eve, familiar Toad, Half froth, half...politics, or tales, or lies, Or fpite, or fmut, or ryhmes, or blafphemies. His wit all fee-faw, between that and this, Now high, now low, now mafter up,... | |
| English poets - 1790 - 398 lehte
...the way. Whether in florid impotence he fpeaks. And, as the prompter breathes, the puppet fqueaks; Or at the ear of Eve, familiar Toad, Half froth, half...fpite, or fmut, or rhymes, or blafphemies. His wit all fee-faw, between that and this, -> Now high, now lew, now mafter up, now mifs, L And he himfelf one... | |
| James Roach - 1794 - 260 lehte
...all the way. Whether in florid impotence he fpeaks, And, as the prompter breathes, the puppet fqueaks Or at the ear of Eve, familiar toad, Half froth, half venom, fpits himfelf abroad, In puns, or politics, or tales, or lyes, Or fpite, or fmut, or rhymes or blafphemies. His wit all fee-faw,... | |
| Robert Anderson - 1795 - 906 lehte
...the way. Whether in florid impotence he fpeak», And, as the prompter breathe*, the puppet fqneaks ; Or at the ear of Eve, familiar toad. Half froth, half venom, fpits h unTelf abroad, 310 In puns, or politics, or tales, or lies, • • Or fpite, or fmut, or rhymes,... | |
| Vicesimus Knox - 1796 - 574 lehte
...the way. Whether in florid impotence he ¡peaks, And, as the prompter breathes, the puppet fqueaks: Or at the ear of Eve, familiar toad, Half froth, half venom, fpits bimfclf abroad, In puns, or politics, or talcs, or lies, Or fpiie, or fmur, or rhymes or blalphcmies.... | |
| 1796 - 500 lehte
...the way. 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, 320 In puns, or politics, or tales, or lies, Or spite, or smut, or rhymes, or... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1797 - 472 lehte
...the way. Whether in florid impotence he fpeaks, And, as the prompter breathes, the puppet fqueaks ; Or at the ear of Eve, familiar Toad, Half froth, half venom, fpits himfelf abroad, 320 In NOTES. , as Scipio and Lselius did to that of Polybius, by revifing and correfting it ; and brightening... | |
| Joseph Robertson - 1799 - 156 lehte
...this frame the bearings, and the tiet, The ftrong cuiituctioiis, nice dependencies. BIT. on M. i. *?. In puns, or politics, or tales, or lies, Or fpite, or fmut, or rhymes, or blafpbtmics. Prol. to Sat. 32i, Unthought-of frailties cheat us in the wife ; T^ie fool lies hid in... | |
| William Coxe - 1800 - 522 lehte
...all~the way. Whether in florid impotence he i'peaks, And, as the prompter breathes, the puppet fqueaks , Or at the ear of Eve, familiar toad, Half froth, half venom, fpits himfelf abroad, &c. Amphibious thing ! that acting either part, The triffing head, or the corrupted heart, Fop at the... | |
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