 A cherub's face, a reptile all the rest; Beauty that shocks you, parts that none will trust; Wit that can creep, and pride that licks the dust.  The Poetical Works - Page 112by Alexander Pope - 1828Full view - About this book
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1825 - 600 pages
...ean ereep, and pride that lieks the dust. Not fortune's worshipper, nor fashion's fool, Nor luere's madman, nor ambition's tool, Not proud, nor servile, be one poet's praise ; That, if he pleas 'd, he pleas'd by manly ways: That flattery, ev'n to kings, he held a shame, And thought a lie... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1826 - 840 pages
...Rabbins have exprest, A cherub's face, a reptile all the rest. Beauty that shocks you, parts tliat none will trust, Wit that can creep, and pride that...proud, nor servile ; be one poet's praise. That, if lie pleas'd, he pleas'd by manly ways : That flattery, ev'n to kings, he held a shame, And thought... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1826 - 396 pages
...struts a lord. Eve's tempter thus the rabbins have express'd A cherub's face, and reptile all the rest : Beauty that shocks you, parts that none will trust....fashion's fool, Not lucre's madman, nor ambition's too!, Not proud, nor servile : be one poet's praise, That, if he pleased, he pleased by manly ways... | |
 | Edmund Henry Barker - 1829 - 804 pages
...struts a lord. Eve's tempter thus, the Rabbins have exprest, A cherub's face, a reptile all the rest, Beauty that shocks you, parts that none will trust,...Wit that can creep, and pride that licks the dust. V. 305. " Language caunot afford more glowing or more forcible terms to express the utmost bitterness... | |
 | Edmund Henry Barker - 1829 - 794 pages
...thus, the Rabbins have erprest, A cherub's face, a reptile all the rest, Beauty that shocks you, part* that none will trust, Wit that can creep, and pride that licks the dust. V. 305. " Language caunot afford more glowing or more forcible terms to express the utmost bitterness... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1830 - 844 pages
...struts a lord. Eve's tempter thus the Rabbins have expressed : A cherub's face, a reptile all the rest, smile upon their baffled guest. Heard ye the din of battle bray, (8) Lance duet. Not fortune's worshipper, nor fashion's fool ; Not lucre's madman, nor ambition's tool : Not... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - Poets, English - 1831 - 576 pages
...20. A cherub's face. 21. A reptile all the rest. 22. The Rabbins. 23. Pride that licks the diw<— ' Beauty that shocks you, parts that none will trust, Wit that can creep, and pride that licks the dusts " Now, is there a line of all the passage without the mostybra'6/e imagery (for his purpose)... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1830 - 500 pages
...express'd, A cherub's face, and reptile all the rest: Beauty that shocks you, parts that none will trust, I ease and plenty bless" J, Near and more near, the closing lines invest ; Sudden they seize foolv i Not lucre's madman, nor ambition's tool, I Not proud, nor servile : be one poet's praise, |... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1832 - 592 pages
...20. A cherub's face. 21. A reptile all the rest. 22. The Rabbins. 23. Pride that /icis f/ie dust — Beauty that shocks you, parts that none will trust;...Wit that can creep, and pride that licks the dust. • « Now, is there a line of all the passage without the most forcible imagery (for his purpose)?... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - 1833 - 400 pages
...20. A cherub's face. 21. A repiue all the rest. 22. The Rabbins. 23. Pride that ticks the dust. " ' Beauty that shocks you, parts that none will trust,...Wit that can creep, and pride that licks the dust.' " Now, is there a line of all the passage without the most forcible imagery (for his purpose) ? Look... | |
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