 | Robert Chambers - 1879 - 428 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, * Ambrose Philips. t The jealousy betwixt... | |
 | James Hain Friswell - 1880 - 380 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... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - 636 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.... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - 642 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.... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1880 - 1254 pages
...delineated : " 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, In puna, or politics, or tales, or lies, Or spite, or smut, or rhymes, or blasphemies.'*... | |
 | William Davenport Adams - 1880 - 362 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.... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1881 - 176 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 Amphibious thing ! that acting either part, The trifling head, or the corrupted... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1881 - 626 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.... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1881 - 196 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... | |
 | Brainerd Kellogg - 1882 - 460 pages
...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 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... 
