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" As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. Whether in florid impotence he speaks, And, as the prompter breathes, the puppet squeaks; Or, at the ear of Eve, familiar toad, Half froth, half venom, spits himself abroad... "
An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope - Page 319
by Joseph Warton - 1782
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Specimens of the British poets, Volume 2

British poets - 1809 - 526 pages
...the way. Whether in florid impotence he speaks, And, as the prompter breathes, the puppet squeaks, Or at the ear of Eve, familiar toad. Half froth, half venom, spits himself abroad, In puns, or politics, or tales, or lies, Or spite, or smut, or rhymes, or blasphemies...
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La Belle Assemblée, Volume 6

1809 - 402 pages
...the way. Whether in florid iinpottnce he speaks, And, as the prompter breathes, the puppet squeaks, Or at the ear of Eve, familiar toad, Half froth, half venom, spits himself abroad, In puns, or politic:), of tales, or lies, Or spite, or smut, or rhymes, or blasphemies....
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Broome, Pope, Pitt, Thomson

Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 536 pages
...the way. Whether in florid impotence he speaks, And as the prompter breathes, the puppet squeaks ; Or at the ear of Eve, familiar toad, Half froth, half venom, spit* himself abroad, 320 In pnns, or polit'us, or tales, or lies. Or spite, or smut, or rhymes, or...
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Peerage of England. ...

Arthur Collins - 1812 - 564 pages
...the way. Whether in florid impotence he speaks, And, as the prompter breathes, the puppet squeaks; Or at the ear of Eve, familiar toad, Half froth, half venom, spits himself abroad, Amphihious thing ! that acting either part, The trifling head, or the corrupted...
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The works of Alexander Pope. With a selection of explanatory notes ..., Volume 3

Alexander Pope - 1812 - 348 pages
...the way. Whether in florid impotence he speaks, And, as the prompter breathes, the puppet squeak* ; 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, or smut, or rhymes, or...
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Collins's Peerage of England: Contains the earls from the commencement of ...

Arthur Collins - 1812 - 556 pages
...the way. Whether in florid impotence he speaks, And, as the prompter breathes, the puppet squeaks; Or at the ear of Eve, familiar toad, Half froth, half venom, spits himself abroad, Amphibious thing ! that acting either part, The trifling head, or the corrupted...
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Memoirs of the Life and Administration of Sir Robert Walpole: Earl ..., Volume 3

William Coxe - 1816 - 464 pages
...way. " Whether in florid impotence he speaks, " And, as the prompter breathes, the puppet squeaks ; " Or at the ear of Eve, familiar toad, " Half froth, half venom, spits himself abroad, &c. " Amphibious thing ! that acting either part, " The trifling head, or the...
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Select Works of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical ..., Volume 5

John Aikin - 1821 - 402 pages
...the way. Whether in florid impotence he speaks, And, as the prompter breathes, the puppet squeaks ; Or at the ear of Eve, familiar toad, Half froth, half venom, spits himself abroad, In puns, or politics, or tales, or lies, Or spite, or smut, or rhymes, or blasphemies....
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 4

Alexander Pope - 1822 - 452 pages
...the way. Whether in florid impotence he speaks, And, as the prompter breathes, the 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, or smut, or rhymes, or...
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The British poets, including translations, Volume 41

British poets - 1822 - 276 pages
...the way. Whether in florid impotence he speaks, And, as the prompter breathes, the puppet squeaks, Or at the ear of Eve, familiar toad, Half froth, half venom, spits himself abroad, In puns, or politics, or tales, or lies, Or spite, or smut, or rhymes, or blasphemies;...
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