 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
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - 1839 - 398 pages
...rest. 22. The Rabbins. 23. Pride that licks the dust. " ' Beauty that shocks you, parts that iwrre will trust, Wit that can creep, and pride that licks the dust-' 1821, the atthethere an a painting might not be made and p nothing in comparison with his hi t ™*... | |
 | Sir James Mackintosh - Great Britain - 1840 - 446 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." Yet, notwithstanding his unfavourable appearance, and the prejudice the king conceived against him,... | |
 | English poetry - 1840 - 372 pages
...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. Not fortune's worshipper, nor fashion's fool, Nor lucre's madman, nor ambition's tool, Not proud nor servile be one poet's praise ; That, if he pleased,... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1841 - 840 pages
...struts a lord. Eve's tempter thus the Rabbins have eipresi, A cherub's face, a reptile all the rest. mn and save : Scripture was scarce, and, он the...market went, Poor laymen took salvation on content ; As pleas'd, he pleas'd by manly war* : That flattery, ev'n to kings, he held a shame. And thought a lie... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1843 - 826 pages
...struts a lord. Eve's tempter thus the Rabbins have expreat, A cherub's face, a reptile all the rest. shade ; pleas'd, he pleas'd by manly ways : That flattery, ev'n to kings, he held a shame, And thought a lie... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - Great Britain - 1843 - 470 pages
...VOL. II. 2 B Eve's tempter thus the Rabbins have expressed, A cherub's face and reptile all the rest ; Beauty that shocks you, parts that none will trust,...Wit that can creep, and pride that licks the dust." In order fully to comprehend the severity of the foregoing picture, it is necessary to illustrate it... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1843 - 482 pages
...VOL. II. 2 B Eve's tempter thus the Rabbins have expressed, A cherub's face and reptile all the rest ; Beauty that shocks you, parts that none will trust,...Wit that can creep, and pride that licks the dust." In order fully to comprehend the severity of the foregoing picture, it is necessary to illustrate it... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1843 - 830 pages
...the Rabbins have exprest, A cherub's face, a reptile all the rest. 3eauty that shocks yon, parts thai am here Sp. Vot Lucre's madman, nor Ambition's tool. Vot proud, nor servile; be one poet's praise, That, if he... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1844 - 786 pages
...face. 21. A ,•,/.,••'•• all the rest. 22. The Rabbin*. 23. Frltle that licit 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... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - Authors, English - 1844 - 780 pages
...20. A cherub's face. 21: A reptile all the rest. 22. The/toMAu. 23. Pride that lifts the itiat. " ' Beauty that shocks you, parts that none will trust, Wit that can creep, and pridt that licto the rfuC " Now, is there a line of all the passage without the most forcible imagery... | |
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