 | Alexander Pope - 1867 - 520 pages
...the way. Whether in florid impotence he 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, or politics, Or tales, or lies, Or spite, or smut, or rhymes, or blasphemies.... | |
 | Edward Vaughan Kenealy - 1869 - 336 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... | |
 | James Hain Friswell - 1869 - 498 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... | |
 | Edward Wortley Montagu - 1870 - 544 pages
...all the way; Whether in florid impotence he speaks, Audits 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... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1871 - 968 pages
...the way. Whether in florid impotence he speaks, And, as the prompter breathes, the puppet squeaks, uld be foremost To lead such dire attack ; But those behind spits himself abroad, In puns, or politics, or tales, or lies, Or spite, or smut, or rhymes, or blasphemies... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1872 - 168 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... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1872 - 192 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... | |
 | Austin Dobson - 1874 - 332 pages
...Prologue to Pope's satires. 11. 305-333. His favour with the Queen is referred to in the couplet : — ' Or at the ear of Eve, familiar toad, Half froth, half venom, spits himself abroad.' Heylln, Peter, 1600-62. (CHARLES I., COMMONWEALTH, CHARLES II.) p Microcosmus... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 576 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... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 630 pages
...the wav. 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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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... 
