...stings; sio 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...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,...

...stings; 310 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...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,...

...with a rueful twinge of muscle, as though it were his unkind fate to cook beef, but not to eat it. " As well-bred spaniels civilly delight '• In mumbling of the game they dare not bite." In the right-hand corner crouches a cadaverous wretch in tartan jacket and trews, whom Hogarth himself...

...cnjoyi: So well-bred spaniels civilly delight In iiiuliibhnu ofihe game they dare not bite. Kiernal smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. Whether in llorul impotence he speaks, And us the prompter breathes, the puppet sqneiVl , Or at the ear of Kvc,...

...House of Commons — ш the confidential intimate of queen Caroline — Hervey is thus delineated : " Whether in florid impotence he speaks, And, as the prompter breathes, the puppet fqueaks ; Or, at the ear of Eve, familiar toad, Half froth, halfveuom, spits himself abroad, In puns,...

...of silk? Sporus ! that mere white curd of ass's milk? Satire or sense, alas I can Sporus feel ? Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel ? P. Yet let me flap...prompter breathes the puppet squeaks ; Or at the ear of Ert , familiar toad ! Half froth, half venom, spits himself abroad, In pun or politics, or tales or...

...Line 283. Satire or sense, alas ! can Sporus feel, Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel ? Line 307. Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. Line 314. Wit that can creep, and pride that licks the dust. Line 333. Me, let the tender office long...

...with a rueful twinge of muscle, as though it were his unkind fate to cook beef, but not to eat it. As well-bred spaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. In the right-hand corner crouches a cadaverous wretch in tartan jacket and trews, whom Hogarth himself...

...stings; Whosejbuzz 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...speaks, And, as the prompter breathes, the puppet squeaka^ Or at the ear of Eve, familiar toad, Half froth, half venom, spits himself abroad, In puns,...

...look down on the hate of those below. Byron, Ch.H. in. 45. EMPTINESS — see Ignorance, Shallowness. Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. Pope,Ep. toArb. £ EMULATION. • Whoe'er excels in what we prize, * Appears a hero in our eyes. Swift,...