 ... naked Venus keeps, And Cupids ride the Lion of the Deeps; Where, eas'd of Fleets, the Adriatic main Wafts the smooth Eunuch and enamour'd swain. Led by my hand, he saunter'd Europe round, And gather'd ev'ry Vice on Christian ground...  The dunciad, in four books - Page 147by Alexander Pope - 1777 - 195 pagesFull view - About this book
 | British essayists - 1823 - 750 pages
...every vice on Christian ground ; Seen every court, heard every king declare His royal sense of operas, or the fair ; The stews and palace equally explor'd ; Intrigu'd with glory, and with spirit whor'd : Try'd all hars-d'ceuvres, all liqueurs defin'd ; Judicious drank, and greatly daring... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - 662 pages
...vice on Christian ground ; Saw ev'ry court, heard ev'ry king declare His royal sense of operas, and the fair; The stews and palace equally explor'd ; Intrigu'd with glory, and with spirit whor'd; Try'd all Itors (fceuvres, all liqueurs defin'd; Judicious drank, and greatly daring... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1879 - 570 pages
...ev'ry Vice on Christian ground; Saw ev'ry Court, heard ev'ry King declare His royal Sense of Op'ras or the Fair; The Stews and Palace equally explor'd, Intrigu'd with glory, and with spirit whor'd; Try'd all hors-cFauvres, all liqueurs defin'd, Judicious drank, and greatly-daring din'd... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Poets, English - 1882 - 544 pages
...ev'ry Vice on Christian ground ; Saw ev'ry Court, heard ev'ry Ring declare His royal Sense of Op'ras or the Fair ; The Stews and Palace equally explor'd, Intrigu'd with glory, and with spirit whor'd ; Try'd all hors-d'ceuvres, all liqueurs defin'd, Judicious drank, and greatly-daring... | |
 | William Edward Mead - History - 1914 - 644 pages
...ev'ry Vice on Christian ground; Saw ev'ry Court, heard ev'ry King declare His royal sense of Op'ras or the Fair; The Stews and Palace equally explor'd Intrigu'd with glory and with spirit w ; Try'd all hors d'asuvres, all liqueurs defin'd, Judicious drank, and greatly daring din'd;... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1916 - 160 pages
...ev'ry Vice on Christian ground; Saw ev'ry Court, heard ev'ry King declare His royal Sense of Op'ras or the Fair; The Stews and Palace equally explor'd, Intrigu'd with glory, and with spirit whor'd; Try'd all hors-d'ceuvres, all liqueurs defin'd, Judicious drank, and greatly-daring... | |
 | Fred Inglis - Business & Economics - 2000 - 234 pages
...ev'ry Vice on Christian ground; Saw ev'ry Court, heard ev'ry King declare His royal sense of Op'ras or the Fair; The Stews and Palace equally explor'd Intrigu'd with glory and with spirit whor'd; Try'd all hors d'oeuvres, all liqueurs defin'd, Judicious drank, and greatly daring... | |
 | Ian Littlewood - Travel - 2008 - 262 pages
...gather'd ev'ry Vice on Christian ground; Saw ev'ry Court, heard ev'ry King declare His royal Sense, of Op'ra's or the Fair; The Stews and Palace equally explor'd, Intrigu'd with glory, and with spirit whor'd; This is the figure who remains invisible in the tourists' own accounts of decorous hospitality... | |
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