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" Now high, now low, now master up, now miss, And he himself one vile antithesis. Amphibious thing ! that acting either part, The trifling head, or the corrupted heart ; Fop at the toilet, flatterer at the board, Now trips a lady, and now struts a lord. "
A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the ... - Page 147
by John Burke - 1832
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: With a Life, Volume 3

Alexander Pope - 1859 - 384 pages
...corrupted heart ; Fop at the toilet, flatterer at the board, Now trips a lady, and now struts a lord. Eve's tempter thus the rabbins have exprest, A cherub's...the rest ; Beauty that shocks you, parts that none will trust, Wit that can creep, and pride that licks the dust. Not fortune's worshipper, nor fashion's...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope

Alexander Pope - 1859 - 504 pages
...the board, Now trips a lady, and now struts a lord. Bce's tempter thus the rabbins have express'd, r-pleasing shore, will trust, Wit that can ercep, and pride that licks the dust. Not fortune's worshipper, nor fashion's...
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Temple Bar, Volume 54

George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates - 1878 - 592 pages
...the board, Now trips a lady, and now struts a lord, Eve's tempter thus the rabbins have expressed, A cherub's face — a reptile all the rest ! Beauty...shocks you, parts that none can trust, Wit that can creep, and pride that licks the dust !" Cruel and unjust as is the satire, it yet contains sufficient...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope

Alexander Pope - 1860 - 542 pages
...the board, Now trips a lady, and now struts a lord. Eve's tempter thus the rabbins have express'd, A cherub's face, a reptile all the rest, Beauty that shocks you, parts that none will trust, Wit that can creep, and pride that licks the dust. Not fortune's worshipper, nor fashion's...
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The wits and beaux of society, by Grace and Philip Wharton, Volume 1

Katherine Thomson - 1860 - 376 pages
...board, Now trips a lady, and now struts a lord. Eve's tempter, thus the rabbins have expressed — A cherub's face — a reptile all the rest. Beauty that shocks you, facts that none can trust, Wit that can creep, and pride that bites the dust.' ' It is impossible,'...
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The Wits and Beaux of Society, Volume 2

Mrs. A. T. Thomson, Philip Wharton - 1861 - 520 pages
...board, Now trips a lady, and now struts a lord. Eve's tempter, thus the rabbins have expressed — A cherub's face — a reptile all the rest. Beauty that shocks you, facts that none can trust, Wit that can creep, and pride that bites the dust." " It is impossible,"...
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The poetical works of Alexander Pope, with a life, by A. Dyce, Volume 3

Alexander Pope - 1863 - 388 pages
...corrupted heart; Fop at the toilet, flatterer at the board, Now trips a lady, and now struts a lord. Eve's tempter thus the rabbins have exprest, A cherub's...the rest ; Beauty that shocks you, parts that none will trust, Wit that can creep, and pride that licks the dust. Not fortune's worshipper, nor fashion's...
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The Living Age, Volume 17

1848 - 638 pages
...the board, Now trips a lady, and now struts a lord ! Eve's tempter thus the rabbins have ezpress'd, A cherub's face — a reptile all the rest : Beauty...shocks you, parts that none can trust, Wit that can creep, and pride that licks the dust." Though the substance and many of tho sharpest points of this...
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The poetical works of Alexander Pope, ed. with notes and intr. memoir by A.W ...

Alexander Pope - 1869 - 570 pages
...the board, Now trips a Lady, and now struts a Lord. jEve's tempter thus the Rabbins have exprest, 330 A Cherub's face, a reptile all the rest; Beauty that shocks you, parts that none will trust; Wit that can creep, and pride that licks the dust. Not Fortune's worshipper, nor fashion's...
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A Library of Poetry and Song: Being Choice Selections from the Best Poets

William Cullen Bryant - 1871 - 968 pages
...corrupted heart, Fop at the toilet, flatterer at the board, Now trips a lady, and now struts a lord. the will trust, Wit that can creep, and pride that licks the dust. ALEXANDER POPE. OG. SHADWKLL, THE DRAMATIST....
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