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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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The Duchess of Kingston. The Bishop of Derry. The story of Peg Woffington ...

Percy Hetherington Fitzgerald - 1883 - 408 pages
...all the way. Whether in florid impotence he speaks, And as the prompter breathes the pnppet 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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Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot

Alexander Pope - 1885 - 68 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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Studies Re-studied: Historical Sketches from Original Sources

Alexander Charles Ewald - 1885 - 392 pages
...the way. Whether in flori 1 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 pun, or politics, or tales, or lies, Or spite, or smut, or rhymes, or hlasphemies,...
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Studies Re-studied: Historical Sketches from Original Sources

Alexander Charles Ewald - 1885 - 424 pages
...the way. Whether in florii 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 pun, or politics, or tales, or lies, Or spite, or smut, or rhymes, or blasphemies,...
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The Poems of Alexander Pope: A One-volume Edition of the Twickenham Text ...

Alexander Pope - 1963 - 884 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 Politicks, or Tales, or Lyes, Or Spite, or Smut, or Rymes, or...
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Selected Poetry

Alexander Pope - 1998 - 260 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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Alexander Pope and His Critics: An essay on the genius and writings of Pope ...

Joseph Warton - 2004 - 440 pages
...all the way. Whether \njlorid Impotence he fpeaks, And as the prompter breathes the puppet fqucaks^ Or at the ear of Eve, familiar toad *, Half froth, half venom, fpits himfclf abroad. In puns, or politics, or tales, or lyes, Or fpite, or fmut, or rhymes, or blafphemies.—...
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W. H. Auden's Book of Light Verse

W. H. Auden - 2004 - 604 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 Cambridge Companion to Roman Satire

Kirk Freudenburg - 2005 - 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,...
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