 Half froth, half venom, spits himself abroad, In puns, or politics, or tales, or lies, Or spite, or smut, or rhymes, or blasphemies. His wit all seesaw, between that and this, Now high, now low, now master up, now miss, And he himself one vile antithesis.  The Works of Alexander Popekesq., with Notes and Illustrations by Himself ... - Page 82by Alexander Pope - 1824Full view - About this book
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1820 - 832 pages
...or politics, or tales, or lies, Or spite, or smut, or rhymes, or blasphemies. His wit all sec-saw, y profusion of luxurious bliss ? This pomp of Nature...? what their balmy meads, Their powerful herbs, an exprcst, A cherub's face, a reptile all the rest. Beauty that shocks you, parts that none will trust,... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 402 pages
...himself abroad, In puns, or politics, or tales, or lies, Or spite, or smut, or rhymes, or blasphemies. His wit all see-saw, between that and this, Now high,...the board, Now trips a lady, and now struts a lord. voL. v. AA Eve's tempter thus the Rabbins have exprest, A cherub's face, a reptile all the rest. Beauty... | |
 | Classical poetry - 1822 - 284 pages
...himself abroad, In puns, or politics, or tales, or lies, Or spite, or smut, or rhymes, or blasphemies; His wit all see-saw between that and this, Now high,...lord. 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 will trust, Wit that... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 452 pages
...blasphemies.} In former editions these two lines followed immediately : NOTES. His wit all sea-saw, between that and this, Now high, now low, now master...up, now miss, And he himself one vile Antithesis. 325 Amphibious thing ! that acting either part, The trifling head, or the corrupted heart, Fop at the... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 464 pages
...322. or blcuphtmies.] In former editions these two lines followed immediately: His wit all sea-saw, between that and this, Now high, now low, now master...up, now miss, And he himself one vile Antithesis. 325 Amphibious thing! that acting either part, The trifling head, or the corrupted heart, Fop at the... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Poets, English - 1822 - 452 pages
...that and this, Now high, now low, now master up, now miss, And he himself one vile Antithesis. 325 Amphibious 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 struts a Lord. Eve's tempter thus the Rabbins have... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1824 - 406 pages
...spits himself abroad, In puns or politics or tales or lies Or spite or smut or rhymes or blasphemies ; His wit all seesaw between that and this, Now high,...lord. 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 will trust, Wit that... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...himself abroad, In puns, or polities, or tales, or lies, Or spite, or smut, or rhymes, or blasphemies. nt at early dawn, To taste the dew-besprinkled lawn,...When first the horse appear'd in view! " Let me," s expreat, A cherub's face, a reptile all the rest ; Beauty that shocks yon, parts that none can trust,... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - English literature - 1824 - 498 pages
...immediately : Did ever smock-face act so vile a part 7 A trifling head, and a corrupted heart. VOL. VI. G His wit all seesaw, between that and this, Now high,...up, now miss, And he himself one vile antithesis. 325 • Amphibious thing ! that acting either part, The trifling head, or the corrupted heart, Fop... | |
 | Jacques Delille - English poetry - 1824 - 462 pages
...or politics, or tales, or lies, Or spite, or smut, or rhymes, or blasphemies : His wit all sec-saw, between that and this, Now high, now low, now master...up, now miss, And he himself one vile antithesis. Voilą ceux qu'ą mes pieds je veux voir abattus : Je suis l'effroi du viee, et l'appui des vertus.... | |
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