 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.  The St. Peterburg English Review - Seite 27herausgegeben von - 1842Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1796 - 500 Seiten
...the board, Now trips a lady, and now struts a lord. Eve's tempter thus the Rabbins have exprest, 330 A cherub's face, a reptile all the rest; Beauty that shocks you, parts that none will trust, Wit that can creep, and pride that licks the dust. Not Fortune's worshipper, nor Fashion's... | |
 | 1842 - 592 Seiten
...betray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. Eve's tempter thus the Rabbins have express'd, A cherub's face, a reptile all the rest ; Beauty that...the dust.' Surely, whether we agree with the noble critic in his admiration of this passage or not, it is rhetoiic, not poetry ; or poetry, at best, only... | |
 | 1814 - 556 Seiten
...the board, Now trips a lady, and now struts a lord. Eve's tempter, thus, the Rab'oins have exprest A cherub's face, a reptile all the rest ; Beauty that shocks you, parts that none will trust, Wit that can creep, and pride that licks the dust. ' The Moral Essays are wholly made up... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1806 - 440 Seiten
...the board, Now trips a lady, and now struts a lord. Eve's tempter thus, the rabbins have exprest, r. A cherub's face, a reptile all the rest; Beauty that shocks you, pride that none will trust, Wit that can creep, and pride that licks the dust.f Language cannot afford... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1807 - 288 Seiten
...the board, Now trips a lady, and now struts a lord. Eve's tempter thus, the Rabhins have exprest, 330 A cherub's face, a reptile all the rest; Beauty that shocks you, parts that none will trust, Wit that can creep, and pride that licks the dust. Not fortune's worshipper, nor fashion's... | |
 | John Bell - 1807 - 562 Seiten
...the board, Now trips a lady, and now struts a lord. Eve's tempter thus the Rabbins have exprest, 330 A cherub's face, a reptile all the rest ; Beauty that shocks you, parts that none will trust, Wit that can creep, and piide that licks the dust. Not Fortune's worshipper, nor Fashion's... | |
 | Alexander Pope, Thomas Park - 1808 - 388 Seiten
...the board, Now trips a lady, and now struts a lord. Eve's tempter thus the rabbins have express'd, A cherub's face, a reptile all the rest ; Beauty that shocks you, parts that none will trnst, Wit that can creep, and pride that licks the dust. Not fortune's worshipper, nor fashion's... | |
 | 1809 - 402 Seiten
...trips a lady, and now struts a lord. Eve's tempter thus the rabbins have exprcss'd : A cherub's fare, a reptile all the rest. Beauty that shocks you, parts that none will trust, Wit that can creep, and pride that licks the dwt, Not fortune's worshipper, nor fashion's... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 Seiten
...trips a lady, and now struts a lord. . Ete's tempter thus the rabbins have express'd : A cherub's fare, d, for Heaven kne\ VV hat 'twas of old to will trust, Wit, that can creep, and pride thntjicl;* ihe dust. N-'' fortune's worshipper, nor fashion's... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 546 Seiten
...the board, Now trips a lady, and now struts a lord. Eve's tempter thus the Rabbins have exprest, 33tt A cherub's face., a reptile all the rest. Beauty that shocks you, parts that none will trust, Wit that can creep, and pride that licks the dust, . Not Fortune's worshipper, nor Fashion's... | |
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