 | Robert Anderson - English poetry - 1795 - 906 pages
...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,... | |
 | English poetry - 1796 - 500 pages
...civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, 315 As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. Whether...smut, or rhymes, or blasphemies; His wit all see-saw between that and this, Now high, now low, now master up, now miss, And he himself one vile antithesis.... | |
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1796 - 480 pages
...civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, 515 As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. Whether...toad, Half froth, half venom, spits himself abroad, *32O In puns, or politics, or talcs, or lies, Cr spite, or smut, or rhymes, or blasphemies; His wit... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1796 - 574 pages
...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.... | |
 | William Coxe - Great Britain - 1800 - 522 pages
...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... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1804 - 190 pages
...civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, 315 As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. Whether...smut, or rhymes, or blasphemies ; His wit all see-saw between that and this, Now high, now low, now master up, now miss, And he himself one vile antithesis.... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1805 - 1054 pages
...dimpling nil the way. Whether in florid impotence he (peaks, And,aslbeprompterbreathes,thepuppetiqueaks Or at the ear of E-ve, familiar toad, Half froth, half venom, fpits himlelf abroad, Jn puns, or politics, or tales, or lies, Or (pite, or (mut, or rhymes, or blai'phemies.... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1806 - 440 pages
...Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. Whether \nflorid impotence he speaks, And as the prompter breathes...toad,* Half froth, half venom, spits himself abroad, In puns, or politics, or tales, or lyes, Or spite, or smut, or rhymes, or blasphemies. Amphibious thing... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1806 - 508 pages
...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 puns, or politics, or tales, or lies, Or fpite, or fmut, or rhymes, or... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Lisle Bowles - 1806 - 504 pages
...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 puns, or politics, or tales, or lies, Or fpite, or fmut, or rhymes, or... | |
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Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoys: So well-bred spaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way.... 
