 | Ian McCormick - 1997 - 276 Seiten
...toilet, flatt'rer at the board, Now trips a lady, now struts a lord. Eve's tempter thus the Rabbins have the way. Whether in florid impotence he speaks, And, as the prompter breathes, the puppet squeaks; exprest, A cherub's face, a reptile all the rest; Beauty that shocks you, parts that none will trust,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1998 - 260 Seiten
...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...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.... | |
 | Philip Gaskell - 1999 - 188 Seiten
...Smiles his Emptiness betray. As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. Whether in florid 1mpotence he speaks. And, as the Prompter breathes, the Puppet squeaks; Or at the ear of Eve, familiar Toad, 15 Half Froth, half Venom, spits himself abroad, 1n Puns, or Politicks, or Tales, or Lyes, Or Spite,... | |
 | Paul Breslin - 2009 - 344 Seiten
...balanced syntax from the style of Pope, who uses formal parallelism to point up subtle incongruities. "In puns, or politics, or tales, or lies, / Or spite, or smut, or rhymes, or blasphemies," writes Pope, and in that list, says Pinsky, "the ironically out-of-place element — 'rhymes' among... | |
 | W. H. Auden - 2004 - 604 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 2004 - 440 Seiten
...all the way. Whether \njlorid Impotence he fpeaks, And as the prompter breathes the puppet fqucaks^ Or at the ear of Eve, familiar toad *, Half froth, half venom, fpits himfclf abroad. In puns, or politics, or tales, or lyes, Or fpite, or fmut, or rhymes, or blafphemies.—... | |
 | Kirk Freudenburg - 2005 - 380 Seiten
...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 see-saw... | |
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Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoys: So well-bred 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.... 
