 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, In puns, or politics, or tales, or...  The poets of Great Britain complete from Chaucer to Churchill - Page 136by John Bell - 1807Full view - About this book
 | Arthur Collins - 1812 - 564 pages
...gilded wings ; This painted child of dirt, that stinks and sings. Eternal smiles his emptiness betrayt, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. Whether...toad, Half froth, half venom, spits himself abroad, Amphihious thing ! that acting either part, The trifling head, or the corrupted heart ; Fop at the... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1812 - 348 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...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... | |
 | William Coxe - 1816 - 464 pages
...wings, " This painted child of dirt, that stinks and sings, &c. " Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, " As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. " Whether...toad, " Half froth, half venom, spits himself abroad, &c. " Amphibious thing ! that acting either part, " The trifling head, or the corrupted heart, " Fop... | |
 | John Aikin - 1820 - 832 pages
...delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. i Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, { As sliallow , Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown car of Eve, familiar toad, Half froth, half venom, spits himself abroad, In puns, or politics, or tales,... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 402 pages
...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. Whether...toad, 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... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 468 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...abroad, 320 In puns, or politics, or tales, or lies, Or spite, or smut, or rhymes, or blasphemies. NOTES. written this splendid encomium on Lord H. could not,... | |
 | 1822 - 284 pages
...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. Whether...toad, 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... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - 494 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...abroad, 320 In puns, or politics, or tales, or lies, Or spite, or smut, or rhymes, or blasphemies. NOTES. benefit of your reading, and make his future Essays... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - 1824 - 498 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...abroad, 320 In puns, or politics, or tales, or lies, Or spite, or smut, or rhymes, or blasphemies. NOTES. benefit of your reading, and make his future Essays... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - 1824 - 406 pages
...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. Whether...toad, 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... | |
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