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. Satire and Satirists - Seite 153von James Hannay - 1855 - 235 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1796 - 500 Seiten
...the board, Now trips a lady, and now struts a lord. Eve's tempter thus the Rabbins have exprest, 330 A cherub's face, a reptile all the rest; Beauty that...Wit that can creep, and pride that licks the dust. Not Fortune's worshipper, nor Fashion's fool, Not Lucre's madman, nor Ambition's tool, 335 Not proud... | |
| 1842 - 592 Seiten
...betray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. 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 can trust, Wit that can creep, and pride that licks the dust.' Surely, whether we agree with the noble... | |
| 1814 - 556 Seiten
...the board, Now trips a lady, and now struts a lord. Eve's tempter, thus, the Rab'oins have exprest A cherub's face, a reptile all the rest ; Beauty that...Wit that can creep, and pride that licks the dust. ' The Moral Essays are wholly made up of such characters of persons, either living or recently deceased... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1804 - 190 Seiten
...a lord. Eve's tempter thus, the Rabbins have exprest, 330 A cherub's face, a reptile all the rest j 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 fool, Not Lucre's madman nor Ambition's tool, 335 Not proud... | |
| Joseph Warton - 1806 - 440 Seiten
...thus, the rabbins have exprest, A cherub's face, a reptile all the rest; Beauty that shocks you, pride that none will trust, Wit that can creep, and pride that licks the dust.f Language cannot afford, more glowing or more forcible terms to express the utmost bitterness... | |
| Joseph Warton - 1806 - 440 Seiten
...the board, Now trips a lady, and now struts a lord. Eve's tempter thus, the rabbins have exprest, r. A cherub's face, a reptile all the rest; Beauty that shocks you, pride that none will trust, Wit that can creep, and pride that licks the dust.f Language cannot afford... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1807 - 288 Seiten
...the board, Now trips a lady, and now struts a lord. Eve's tempter thus, the Rabhins have exprest, 330 A cherub's face, a reptile all the rest; Beauty that...Wit that can creep, and pride that licks the dust. Not fortune's worshipper, nor fashion's fool, Not lucre's madman, nor amhition's tool, 335 Not proud... | |
| John Bell - 1807 - 562 Seiten
...the board, Now trips a lady, and now struts a lord. Eve's tempter thus the Rabbins have exprest, 330 A cherub's face, a reptile all the rest ; Beauty that...parts that none will trust, Wit that can creep, and piide that licks the dust. Not Fortune's worshipper, nor Fashion's fool, Not Lucre's madman, nor Ambition's... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1807 - 474 Seiten
...tempter thus the rabhins have exprefit, A cherub's face, a reptile all the real; Beauty that shocks yon, parts that none will trust, Wit that can creep, and pride that licks the dost. .Not fortune's worshipper, nor fashion's fool. Hot lucre's madman, nor amhition's tool, Not proud,... | |
| Alexander Pope, Thomas Park - 1808 - 388 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 shocks you, parts that none will trnst, Wit that can creep, and pride that licks the dust. Not fortune's worshipper, nor fashion's fool,... | |
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