 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....  1730-1784 - Pagina 127geredigeerd door - 1910Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | William Ayre, Edmund Curll - 1745 - 432 pagina’s
...the Way. Whether in florid Impotence he fpeaks, And, as the Prompter breathes, the Puppet fqueaks, Or at the Ear of Eve, familiar Toad, Half Froth, half Venom, fpits himfelf abroad, In Puns, or Politicks, or Tales, or Lies, Or Spite, or Smut, or Rhymes, or Blafphemies.... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1751 - 288 pagina’s
...the way. Whether in florid impotence he fpeaks, And, as the prompter breathes, the puppet fqueaks ; Or at the ear of Eve, familiar Toad, Half froth, half venom, fpits himfelf abroad, 320 In puns, or politics, or tales, or lies, Or fpite, or fmut, or rhymes, or... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1751 - 278 pagina’s
...the way. Whether in florid impotence he fpeaks, And, as the prompter breathes, the puppet fqueaks ; Or at the ear of Eve, familiar Toad, Half froth, half venom, fpits himfelf abroad, 320 In puns, or politics, or tales, or lies, Or fpite, or fmut, or rhymes, or... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1751 - 286 pagina’s
...the way. Whether in florid impotence he fpeaks. And, as the prompter breathes, the puppet fqueaks ;\ Or at the ear of Eve, familiar Toad, Half froth, half venom, fpits himfelf abroad, 320 In puns, or politics, or tales, or lies, Or fpite, orfmut, or rhymes, or... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1752 - 434 pagina’s
...the way. Whether in florid impotence he fpeaks, And, as the prompter breathes, the puppet fqueaks ; Or at the ear of Eve, familiar Toad, Half froth, half venom, fpits himfelf abroad, 320 In puns, or politics, or tales, or lies, Or fpite, or fmut, or rhymes, or... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 414 pagina’s
...the way. Whether in florid impotence he fpeaks, And, as the prompter breathes, the puppet fqueaks ; Or at the ear of Eve, familiar Toad, Half froth, half venom, fpits himfelf abroad, $zo. In puns, or politics, or tales, or lies, Or fpile, or finut, or rhymes,... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1782 - 514 pagina’s
...all the way. Whether m florid impotence he fpeaks, And as the prompter breathes the puppet fqueaks, Or at the ear of Eve, familiar toad *, Half froth, half venom, fpits himfelf abroad. In puns, or politics, or tales, or lyes, Or fpite, or fmut, or rhymes, or blafphemies.-rAmphibiou... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1787 - 396 pagina’s
...the way. Whether in florid impotence he fpeaks, And, as the prompter breaches, the puppet fqueaks ; Or at the ear of Eve, familiar Toad, Half froth, half venom, fpits himfelf abroad, 320 In puns, or politics, or tales, or lies, Or fpite, or fmut, or ryhmes, or... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 398 pagina’s
...the way. Whether in florid impotence he fpeaks. And, as the prompter breathes, the puppet fqueaks; Or at the ear of Eve, familiar Toad, Half froth, half venom, fpits himfelf abroad, 320 In puns, or politics, or tales, or lies, Or fpite, or fmut, or rhymes, or... | |
 | James Roach - 1794 - 260 pagina’s
...all the way. Whether in florid impotence he fpeaks, And, as the prompter breathes, the puppet fqueaks Or at the ear of Eve, familiar toad, Half froth, half venom, fpits himfelf abroad, In puns, or politics, or tales, or lyes, Or fpite, or fmut, or rhymes or blafphemies.... | |
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