 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
 | Leigh Hunt - 1855 - 342 pages
...just. Pope calls Hervey an insect, annoying the witty and the fair with his buzz; a reptile, who " At the ear of Eve, familiar toad, Half froth, half venom, spits himself abroad " in lying, tale-bearing, and spite (Eve is l 2 Queen Caroline); an effeminate, " amphibious thing,"... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1856 - 512 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 - 1856 - 352 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...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 spite,... | |
 | Alexander Pope, George Gilfillan - 1856 - 356 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...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 spite,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1859 - 384 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... | |
 | George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates - 1878 - 592 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 pun, or politics, or tales, or lies, Or spite, or smut, or rhymes, or blasphemies, His \\it all... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1909 - 872 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... | |
 | William Henry Oliphant Smeaton - 1899 - 390 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 in florid impotence he speaks, 1 Meaning the man who would have persuaded the Duke of Chandos that Pope meant to ridicule him in the... | |
 | Henry Laurens - 1968 - 698 pages
...it without the Love; Who has the Vanity to call you Friend, Yet wants the Honour injured to defend, Whether in florid Impotence he speaks, And as the Prompter breathes the Puppet squeaks. Half Froth, half Venom, spits himself abroad In Puns or Politicks, or Tales or Lies, Or Spite, or Smut,... | |
 | G. Douglas Atkins - 1985 - 172 pages
...Smiles his Emptiness betray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. Whether in florid lmpotence he speaks, And, as the Prompter breathes, the Puppet...Toad, Half Froth, half Venom, spits himself abroad, ln Puns, or Politicks, or Tales, or Lyes, Or Spite, or Smut, or Rymes, or Blasphemies. His Wit all... | |
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