 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, between that and this, Now high, now low, now master up, now miss, And he himself one vile antithesis.  The Quarterly review - Seite 5111848Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Alexander Pope - 1859 - 504 Seiten
...or lies, Or spite, or smut, or rhymes, or blasphemies. His wit all sce-saw, betwcen that and thin, ȷ aeting either part) The trifling head, or the corrupted heart, Fop at the toilet, flatterer at the... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1909 - 872 Seiten
...lies, Or spite, or smut, or rhymes, or blasphemies ; His wit all see-saw between that and this, Xow high, now low, now master up, now miss, And he himself...thus the rabbins have express'd, A cherub's face, and reptile all the rest. Beauty that shocks you, parts that none will trust, Wit that can creep and... | |
 | George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates - 1878 - 592 Seiten
...or lies, Or spite, or smut, or rhymes, or blasphemies, His \\it all seesaw between that and this,' Now high, now low, now master up, now miss, And he...struts a lord, Eve's tempter thus the rabbins have expressed, A cherub's face — a reptile all the rest ! Beauty that shocks you, parts that none can... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1898 - 872 Seiten
...28 The Palace historian of this period is Lord Hervey, of whom Pope wrote his bitterest lines : — Amphibious thing ! that, acting either part, The trifling...Rabbins have express'd — A cherub's face, a. reptile nil the rest 1 Tieauty that shocks you, parts that none can trust, Wit that can creep, and pride that... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1860 - 632 Seiten
...he himself one vde antithesis. Aiii|-lnhioii» thing! ilrai, .11:1111" either part, 1'lic trithnj! head, or the corrupted heart; Fop at the toilet, flatterer at the board. Now trips a lady, ami now struts a lord £VC*R tempter thus the rabbins have express'*), A cherub's face, and reptile... | |
 | G. Douglas Atkins - 1985 - 172 Seiten
...Thing! that acting either Part, The trifling Head, or the corrupted Heart! Fop at the Toilet, Flatt'rer 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... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 Seiten
...betray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. 11 His wit all see-saw, between that and this. from me flee, A mistress moderately fair. And good as guardian angels are, Only 12 Beauty that shocks you, parts that none will trust. Wit that can creep, and pride that licks the... | |
 | Alan Sinfield - 1994 - 224 Seiten
...responded sexually to both men and women. That is how he is represented in Pope's 'Epistle to Arbuthnot': Now high, now low, now master up, now miss, And he...flatterer at the board, Now trips a Lady, and now struts a Lord.39 Hervey's effeminacy includes same-sex passion, but as part of an alternation; effeminacy and... | |
 | Linda Dowling - 1994 - 196 Seiten
...Princeton, Neu> jersey Hellenism and Homosexuality in Victorian Oxford HAPTER ON AESTHETE AND EFFEMIN ATUS Amphibious thing! that acting either part, The trifling...the board, Now trips a lady, and now struts a lord. — Alexander Pope, Epistle to Arbudmot, 1735 In the final week of April 1895 Oscar Wilde stood in... | |
 | Helen Deutsch - 1996 - 300 Seiten
...Thing! that acting either Part, The trifling Head, or the corrupted Heart! Fop at the Toilet, Flatt'rer 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 shocks you, Parts that none will trust,... | |
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