 Now high, now low, now master up, now miss, 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.  The Dublin Review - Side 523redigeret af - 1839Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | John Aikin - 1843 - 830 sider
...the Rabbins have exprest, A cherub's face, a reptile all the rest. 3eauty that shocks yon, parts thai am here Sp. Not Fortune's worshipper, nor Fashion's fool, Vot Lucre's madman, nor Ambition's tool. Vot proud, nor... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1844 - 786 sider
...face. 21. A ,•,/.,••'•• all the rest. 22. The Rabbin*. 23. Frltle that licit the dust. " ' Beauty that shocks you, parts that none will trust....Wit that can creep, and pride that licks the dust.' " Now, is there a line of all the passage without the most forcible imagery (for his purpose) ? Look... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1844 - 780 sider
...20. A cherub's face. 21: A reptile all the rest. 22. The/toMAu. 23. Pride that lifts the itiat. " ' Beauty that shocks you, parts that none will trust, Wit that can creep, and pridt that licto the rfuC " Now, is there a line of all the passage without the most forcible imagery... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1846 - 320 sider
...a lady, and DOW struts a lord. Ere's tempter thus the rahbins have express'd, A cheruh's face, and reptile all the rest : Beauty that shocks you, parts that none will trast, Wit that can creep, and pride that licks the dust. Not fortune's worshipper, nor fashion's fool,... | |
 | Mrs. A. T. Thomson - 1847 - 426 sider
...incomparable, but too bitter description of Sporus : — " Eve's tempter thus the Rabbins have express'd : A cherub's face, a reptile all the rest ; Beauty that...Wit that can creep, and pride that licks the dust."* Upon the Duke of Grafton, who is mentioned in Lord Hervey's letters, Swift has penned the following... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1847 - 524 sider
...a part ? A trifling head, and a corrupted heart. Eve's tempter thus the Rabbins have express'd, 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... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1848 - 602 sider
...the board, Now trips a lady, and now struts a lord ! Eve's tempter thus the rabbins have eipress'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." " Though the substance and many of the... | |
 | John Hervey Baron Hervey - 1848 - 606 sider
...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 can trust, Wit that can creep, and pride that licks the dust !" Though the substance and many of the... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Charles Macready - 1849 - 646 sider
...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...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, Not proud, nor... | |
 | 1849 - 820 sider
...at the board, Now trips a lady, and now 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 trust, Wit that can creep, and pride that licks the dust." There is no eecape from the effect of... | |
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