 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
 | Alexander Pope - 1859 - 384 sider
...toilet, flatterer at the board, Now trips a lady, and now struts a lord. Eve's tempter thus the rabbins have exprest, A cherub's face, a reptile all the rest...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... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1859 - 504 sider
...the board, Now trips a lady, and now struts a lord. Bce's tempter thus the rabbins have express'd, r-pleasing shore, ercep, and pride that licks the dust. Not fortune's worshipper, nor fashion's fool, Not luere's madman,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1860 - 542 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... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1909 - 872 sider
...a lady, and now struts a lord. Eve's tempter thus the rabbins have express'd, A cherub's face, and reptile all the rest. Beauty that shocks you, parts...Wit that can creep and pride that licks the dust. What could be more daring or more successful than this antithetical representation of ' Sporus ' as... | |
 | George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates - 1878 - 592 sider
...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 !" Cruel and unjust as is the satire,... | |
 | Katherine Thomson - 1860 - 376 sider
...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, facts that none can trust, Wit that can creep, and pride that bites the dust.' ' It is impossible,'... | |
 | George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates - 1874 - 588 sider
...thus the Rabbins have expressed, A cherub face, and reptile all the rest ; Beauty that shocks yon, parts that none will trust, Wit that can creep, and pride that bites the dust." There's writing for you ! and, let us add, there is poetry. The artificial is never... | |
 | Mrs. A. T. Thomson, Philip Wharton - 1861 - 520 sider
...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, facts that none can trust, Wit that can creep, and pride that bites the dust." " It is impossible,"... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1863 - 388 sider
...toilet, flatterer at the board, Now trips a lady, and now struts a lord. Eve's tempter thus the rabbins have exprest, A cherub's face, a reptile all the rest...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... | |
 | John Cooper Grocott - 1863 - 562 sider
...of wit With the same spirit that its author writ. POPE. — On Criticism, Part II. Line 288. Beanty that shocks you, parts that none will trust, Wit that can creep, and pride that licks the dust. POPE. — Prologue to Sat. Line 882. In wit a man, simplicity a child. POPE — Gay's Epitaph. It is... | |
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