 Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, 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,...  A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the ... - Page 147by John Burke - 1832Full view - About this book
 | Alexander Pope - 1863 - 388 pages
...ne'er enjoys : So well-bred spaniels civilly delight * In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams...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,... | |
 | 1848 - 638 pages
...beauty ne'er enjoys ; As well-bred spaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Eternal smiles his emptiness betray. As shallow streams...speaks, And as the prompter breathes the puppet squeaks ; Or at the ear of Ert , familiar toad ! Half froth, half venom, spits himself abroad, In pun or politics,... | |
 | John Bartlett - Quotations - 1865 - 504 pages
...Line 283. Satire or sense, alas ! can Sporus feel, Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel ? Line 307. Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. Line 314. Wit that can creep, and pride that licks the dust. Line 333. Me, let the tender office long... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1867 - 626 pages
...beauty ne'er enjoys : So well-bred spaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams...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... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1867 - 520 pages
...beauty ne'er enjoys: So well-bred spaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams...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,... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - Quotations - 1867 - 752 pages
...look down on the hate of those below. Byron, Ch.H. in. 45. EMPTINESS — see Ignorance, Shallowness. Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. Pope,Ep. toArb. £ EMULATION. • Whoe'er excels in what we prize, * Appears a hero in our eyes. Swift,... | |
 | Edward Vaughan Kenealy - 1869 - 336 pages
...curd of asses' milk ? Satire or sense alas ! can Sporus feel ? Who breaks a butterfly upon the wheel ? Eternal smiles his emptiness betray As shallow streams...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... | |
 | James Hain Friswell - 1869 - 498 pages
...help'd to bury whom he help'd to starve ; he pictures another (Lord Hervey, a literary peer) thus — Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams...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,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1869 - 570 pages
...civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite.; Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, 315 As shallow streams run dimpling all the 'way. Whether...And, as the prompter breathes, the puppet squeaks ; Or at the ear of Eve, familiar Toad4, Half froth6, half venom, spits himself abroad, ЗЮ In puns,... | |
 | Treasury - 1869 - 474 pages
...Line 283. Satire or sense, alas ! can Sporus feel, Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel ? Line 307. Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. Line 314. Wit that can creep, and pride that licks the dust. Line 333. Me, let the tender office long... | |
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