 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...  Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Alexander Pope, Esq;: Faithfully ... - Page 183by William Ayre, Edmund Curll - 1745Full view - About this book
 | John Bell - 1807 - 562 pages
...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 spue, or smut, or rbymes, or... | |
 | Alexander Pope, Thomas Park - 1808 - 388 pages
...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, In puns, or politics, or tales, or lies, Or spite, or mint, or rhymes, or blasphemies... | |
 | British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 526 pages
...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, In puns, or politics, or tales, or lies, Or spite, or smut, or rhymes, or blasphemies... | |
 | 1809 - 402 pages
...the way. Whether in florid iinpottnce 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 politic:), of tales, or lies, Or spite, or smut, or rhymes, or blasphemies.... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 536 pages
...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, spit* himself abroad, 320 In pnns, or polit'us, or tales, or lies. Or spite, or smut, or rhymes, or... | |
 | Arthur Collins - 1812 - 564 pages
...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, Amphihious thing ! that acting either part, The trifling head, or the corrupted... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1812 - 348 pages
...the way. Whether in florid impotence he speaks, And, as the prompter breathes, the puppet squeak* ; 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... | |
 | Arthur Collins - Great Britain - 1812 - 556 pages
...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, Amphibious thing ! that acting either part, The trifling head, or the corrupted... | |
 | William Coxe - Prime ministers - 1816 - 464 pages
...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, &c. " Amphibious thing ! that acting either part, " The trifling head, or the... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 402 pages
...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, In puns, or politics, or tales, or lies, Or spite, or smut, or rhymes, or blasphemies.... | |
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