 Half 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 seesaw, between that and this, Now high, now low, now master up, now miss, And he himself one vile antithesis.  Works of Lord Byron: With His Letters and Journals, and His Life - Sida 90efter George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - 1833Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1909 - 872 sidor
...lies, Or spite, or smut, or rhymes, or blasphemies ; His wit all see-saw between that and this, Xow high, now low, now master up, now miss, And he himself...thus the rabbins have express'd, A cherub's face, and reptile all the rest. Beauty that shocks you, parts that none will trust, Wit that can creep and... | |
 | George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates - 1878 - 592 sidor
...or lies, Or spite, or smut, or rhymes, or blasphemies, His \\it all seesaw between that and this,' Now high, now low, now master up, now miss, And he...struts a lord, Eve's tempter thus the rabbins have expressed, A cherub's face — a reptile all the rest ! Beauty that shocks you, parts that none can... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1898 - 872 sidor
...28 The Palace historian of this period is Lord Hervey, of whom Pope wrote his bitterest lines : — Amphibious thing ! that, acting either part, The trifling...Rabbins have express'd — A cherub's face, a. reptile nil the rest 1 Tieauty that shocks you, parts that none can trust, Wit that can creep, and pride that... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1860 - 632 sidor
...he himself one vde antithesis. Aiii|-lnhioii» thing! ilrai, .11:1111" either part, 1'lic trithnj! head, or the corrupted heart; Fop at the toilet, flatterer at the board. Now trips a lady, ami now struts a lord £VC*R tempter thus the rabbins have express'*), A cherub's face, and reptile... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1860 - 332 sidor
...That, acting either part, The trifling head, or the corrupted heart, Fop at the toilette, flatt'rer at the board, Now trips, a lady, and now struts, a lord. Eve's tempter thus the Eabbins have express' d, A cherub's face, a reptile all the rest ; Beauty that shocks you, parts that... | |
 | G. Douglas Atkins - 1985 - 172 sidor
...Thing! that acting either Part, The trifling Head, or the corrupted Heart! Fop at the Toilet, Flatt'rer at the Board, Now trips a Lady, and now struts a Lord. Eve 's Tempter thus the Rabbins have exprest, A Cherub's face, a Reptile all the rest; Beauty that... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 sidor
...betray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. 11 His wit all see-saw, between that and this. from me flee, A mistress moderately fair. And good as guardian angels are, Only 12 Beauty that shocks you, parts that none will trust. Wit that can creep, and pride that licks the... | |
 | Alan Sinfield - 1994 - 224 sidor
...responded sexually to both men and women. That is how he is represented in Pope's 'Epistle to Arbuthnot': Now high, now low, now master up, now miss, And he...flatterer at the board, Now trips a Lady, and now struts a Lord.39 Hervey's effeminacy includes same-sex passion, but as part of an alternation; effeminacy and... | |
 | Linda Dowling - 1994 - 196 sidor
...Princeton, Neu> jersey Hellenism and Homosexuality in Victorian Oxford HAPTER ON AESTHETE AND EFFEMIN ATUS Amphibious thing! that acting either part, The trifling...the board, Now trips a lady, and now struts a lord. — Alexander Pope, Epistle to Arbudmot, 1735 In the final week of April 1895 Oscar Wilde stood in... | |
 | Helen Deutsch - 1996 - 300 sidor
...Thing! that acting either Part, The trifling Head, or the corrupted Heart! Fop at the Toilet, Flatt'rer at the Board, Now trips a Lady, and now struts a Lord. Eve's Tempter thus the Rabbins have exprest, A Cherub's face, a Reptile all the rest; Beauty that shocks you, Parts that none will trust,... | |
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