 | George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates - 1874 - 588 pages
...en joy a. So well-bred spaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams run...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... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1735 - 246 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, 310 V. 299. See the Epiftle to the Earl of Burlington. V. 319. See Milton. Book... | |
 | William Ayre, Edmund Curll - 1745 - 432 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, In Puns, or Politicks, or Tales, or Lies, Or Spite, or Smut, or Rhymes, or Blafphemies.... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1751 - 288 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 - 1752 - 434 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 - 1752 - 370 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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 414 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, $zo. In puns, or politics, or tales, or lies, Or fpile, or finut, or rhymes,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1783 - 322 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, In puns, or politics, or tales, or lies, Or fpite, or fmut, or rhymes, or blafphemies.... | |
 | 1791 - 980 pages
...the way. Whether in florid impotence he fpeaks, And, as the prompter breathes, the puppet fqueaks; Or at the ear of E-ve, familiar toad, Half froth, half venom, fpits himfelf abroad, In puns, or politics, or tales, or lyes, Or fpitc, or fmut, or rhymes, or blofphcmics.... | |
 | James Roach - 1794 - 260 pages
...all 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, In puns, or politics, or tales, or lyes, Or fpite, or fmut, or rhymes or blafphemies.... | |
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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. 
