 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.  Bell's Edition - Page 45by John Bell - 1796Full view - About this book
 | English poetry - 1852 - 874 pages
...at the board, Now trips a lady, and now struts a lord. Eve's tempter thus the Rabbins have exprest, erates unspent ; Breathes in our soul, informs our...adores and burns : To him no high.no low, no great, no Not proud, nor servile ; be one poet's praise, That, if he pleas'd, he pleas'd by manly ways : That... | |
 | English literature - 1853 - 956 pages
...his independence of spirit, and furnished a •lotto which any Englishman would be proud to adopt : " Not fortune's worshipper, nor fashion's fool, Not lucre's madman, nor ambition's tool. Not proud nor servile ; be one poet's praise. That if he pleased he pirated by manly Kayi ; That (lattery... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1854 - 338 pages
...board, Now trips a lady, and now struts a lord. Eve's tempter thus the Rabbins have express'd, 330 A cherub's face, a reptile all the rest. Beauty that...proud, nor servile ; be one poet's praise, That, if he pleased, he pleased by manly ways : That flattery, even to kings, he held a shame, And thought a lie... | |
 | James Hannay - Satire - 1854 - 292 pages
...half-venom, spits himself abroad." It concludes : " Eve's tempter thus the rabbins have expressed, — A cherub's face, a reptile all the rest ; Beauty that...Wit that can creep, and pride that licks the dust." This Satire, or libel if you like, has every merit which such a work can have : brilliance, epigram,... | |
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 | Richard Lalor Sheil - Ireland - 1854 - 398 pages
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