 Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and 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 run dimpling all the way....  The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope - Page 101by Alexander Pope - 1859 - 478 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1796 - 480 pages
...civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, 515 As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. Whether...toad, Half froth, half venom, spits himself abroad, *32O In puns, or politics, or talcs, or lies, Cr spite, or smut, or rhymes, or blasphemies; His wit... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1804 - 190 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...toad, Half froth, half venom, spits himself abroad, 320 In puns, or politics, or tales, or lies, Or spite, or smut, or rhymes, or blasphemies ; His wit... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1806 - 440 pages
...Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. Whether \nflorid impotence he speaks, And as the prompter breathes...froth, half venom, spits himself abroad, In puns, or politics, or tales, or lyes, Or spite, or smut, or rhymes, or blasphemies. Amphibious thing ! that... | |
 | John Bell - 1807 - 562 pages
...mumbling of the game they dare not bite. M 2 rues ; miss, V 325) Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, 31j As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. Whether...toad, Half froth, half venom, spits himself abroad, 320 In puns, or politics, or tales, or lies, Or spue, or smut, or rbymes, or blasphemies ; His wit... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1807 - 288 pages
...civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not hite. Eternal smiles his emptiness hetray, Slfi As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. Whether...toad, Half froth, half venom, spits himself abroad, 320 In puns, or politics, or tales, or lies, Or spite, or smut, or rhymes, or blasphemies; His wit... | |
 | Alexander Pope, Thomas Park - 1808 - 388 pages
...beauty ne'er enjoys : So well-bred spaniels civilly delight Tn mumbling of the game they dare not hite. Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams...froth, half venom, spits himself abroad, In puns, or politics, or tales, or lies, Or spite, or mint, or rhymes, or blasphemies ; His wit all see-saw between... | |
 | British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 526 pages
...sense, alas ! can Sporus feel .* Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel ? So well-bred spaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite....froth, half venom, spits himself abroad, In puns, or politics, or tales, or lies, Or spite, or smut, or rhymes, or blasphemies ; His wit all see-saw between... | |
 | 1809 - 402 pages
...smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. Whether in florid iinpottnce he speaks, And, as the prompter breathes, the puppet...froth, half venom, spits himself abroad, In puns, or politic:), of tales, or lies, Or spite, or smut, or rhymes, or blasphemies. His wit all sec-saw, between... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 536 pages
...the fair annoys, 31 1 Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoyi : So well-bred spaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite....ear of Eve, familiar toad, Half froth, half venom, spit* himself abroad, 320 In pnns, or polit'us, or tales, or lies. Or spite, or smut, or rhymes, or... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 546 pages
...the fair annoys, 31 1 Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoys : So well-bred spaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite....prompter breathes, the puppet squeaks ; Or at the ear of Km, familiar toad, Half froth, half venom, spits himself abroad, 320 In puns, or politics, or tales,... | |
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