 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.  The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope - Seite 275von Alexander Pope - 1873 - 600 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | James Hannay - 1854 - 316 Seiten
...half-venom, spits himself abroad." It concludes : " Eve's tempter thus the rabbins have expressed, — A cherub's face, a reptile all the rest ; Beauty that...Wit that can creep, and pride that licks the dust." This Satire, or libel if you like, has every merit which such a work can have: brilliance, epigram,... | |
 | James Hannay - 1854 - 292 Seiten
...half-venom, spits himself abroad." It concludes : " Eve's tempter thus the rabbins have expressed, — A cherub's face, a reptile all the rest ; Beauty that...Wit that can creep, and pride that licks the dust." This Satire, or libel if you like, has every merit which such a work can have : brilliance, epigram,... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1855 - 348 Seiten
...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...Wit that can creep, and pride that licks the dust." Lord Hervey, assisted by Lady Mary Wortley Montague, with whom Pope had quarrelled, endeavoured to... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1855 - 584 Seiten
...20. A cherub's face. 21. A reptile all the rest. 22. The Rabbins. 23. Pride that licks the dust— ' Beauty that shocks you, parts that none will trust,...Wit that can creep, and pride that licks the dust.' " Now, is there a line of all the passage without the most forcible imagery (for his purpose) * Look... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1856 - 512 Seiten
...the buard, Now trips a lady, and now struts a lord. Eve's tempter thus the Rabbins have expressed, \ cherub's face, a reptile all the rest; Beauty that...fashion's fool, Not lucre's madman nor ambition's tool, Not proud nor servile, be one poet's praise, That if he pleased he pleased by manly ways; That flattery,... | |
 | Alexander Pope, George Gilfillan - 1856 - 356 Seiten
...all the rest, 1 ' Sporus : ' Lord Hervey. P I Beauty that shocks you, parts that none will trust, 332 Wit that can creep, and pride that licks the dust....Fashion's fool, Not Lucre's madman, nor Ambition's tool, Not proud, nor servile ; be one poet's praise, That, if he pleased, he pleased by manly ways : " That... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1856 - 352 Seiten
...all the rest, 1 ' Sporas : ' Lord Hervey. P Beauty that shocks you, parts that none will trust, 332 Wit that can creep, and pride that licks the dust....Fashion's fool, Not Lucre's madman, nor Ambition's tool, Not proud, nor servile ; be one poet's praise, That, if he pleased, he pleased by manly ways : That... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1859 - 384 Seiten
...at the board, Now trips a lady, and now struts a lord. Eve's tempter thus the rabbins have exprest, A cherub's face, a reptile all the rest ; Beauty that...fashion's fool, Not lucre's madman, nor ambition's tool, Not proud nor servile ; be one poet's praise, That if he pleas'd, he pleas'd by manly ways ; That flattery,... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1909 - 872 Seiten
...a lady, and now struts a lord. Eve's tempter thus the rabbins have express'd, A cherub's face, and reptile all the rest. Beauty that shocks you, parts...Wit that can creep and pride that licks the dust. What could be more daring or more successful than this antithetical representation of ' Sporus ' as... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1863 - 388 Seiten
...at the board, Now trips a lady, and now struts a lord. Eve's tempter thus the rabbins have exprest, A cherub's face, a reptile all the rest ; Beauty that...fashion's fool, Not lucre's madman, nor ambition's tool, Not proud nor servile ; be one poet's praise, That if he plea-s'd, he pleas'd by manly ways ; That... | |
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