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 - Página 136por John Bell - 1807Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Hartley Coleridge - 1851 - 370 páginas
...extraordinary merit. Where shall we find more meaning, more keenly expressed, than in the lines — " Or at the ear of Eve, familiar toad, Half froth, half venom, spits himself abroad 1 " Though, perhaps, it would have been still better if the allusion had been to a fact in nature or... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1851 - 628 páginas
...all the way. Whether in florid impotence he speaks, And as the prompter hreathes, the puppet squcaki Or at the ear of Eve, familiar toad, Half froth, half venom, spits himself ahroad, In puns, or politics, or tales, or lies, Or spite, or smut, or rhymes, or hlasphemies : His... | |
| 1852 - 874 páginas
...spaniels civilly delight n mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Sternal smiles his emptiness betray, sworth ialf froth, half venom, spits himself abroad, n puns, or polities, or tales, or lies, Or spite, or... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1854 - 338 páginas
...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.39 His wit all see-saw, between that and this, Now high,... | |
| James Hannay - 1854 - 292 páginas
...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." It concludes : " Eve's tempter thus the rabbins have... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1854 - 340 páginas
...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...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,... | |
| James Hannay - 1854 - 296 páginas
...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." It concludes : " Eve's tempter thus the rabbins have... | |
| James Hannay - 1854 - 316 páginas
...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...prompter breathes the puppet squeaks ; Or at the ear of Eye, familiar toad, Half-froth, half-venom, spits himself abroad." It concludes : " Eve's tempter thus... | |
| Richard Lalor Sheil - 1854 - 398 páginas
...Pope's severe Satire, in which his character is thus limned:— " Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way; Whether...And, as the Prompter breathes, the puppet squeaks. Eve's tempter, thus the Rabbins have exprest — A cherub's face, a reptile all the rest, Beauty that... | |
| James Hannay - 1855 - 250 páginas
...the utmost bitterness of contempt. We think we are here reading Milton against Salmasius." WARTON. Whether in florid impotence he speaks, And as the...puppet squeaks ; Or at the ear of Eve, familiar toad, Half-froth, half- venom, spits himself abroad." It concludes : "Eve's tempter thus the rabbins have... | |
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