 | Dublin city, univ - 1864 - 324 pages
...Dunciad" Pope has the line, "Even Palinurus nodded at the helm." What is the point of this line ? 63. " Or, at the ear of Eve, familiar toad, Half froth, half venom, spits himself abroad." Of whom is Pope here speaking ? and who is intended by Eve ? 64. " Ask you why... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1867 - 520 pages
...the way. Whether in florid impotence he 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, or politics, Or tales, or lies, Or spite, or smut, or rhymes, or blasphemies.... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1867 - 626 pages
...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, 320 In puns, or politics, or tales, or lies, Or spite, or smut, or rhymes, or... | |
 | Edward Vaughan Kenealy - 1869 - 336 pages
...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. Amphibious thing that acting either part, The trifling head or the corrupted... | |
 | James Hain Friswell - 1869 - 498 pages
...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, In puns, or politics, or tales, or lies, Or spite, or smut, or rhymes, or blasphemies... | |
 | Edward Wortley Montagu - 1870 - 544 pages
...all the way; Whether in florid impotence he speaks, Audits the prompter breathes, the puppet squeaks, Or at the ear of Eve,* familiar toad, Half froth, half venom, spits himself abroad. Amphibious thing that acting either part, The trifling head or the corrupted... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1871 - 968 pages
...the way. Whether in florid impotence he speaks, And, as the prompter breathes, the puppet squeaks, uld be foremost To lead such dire attack ; But those behind spits himself abroad, In puns, or politics, or tales, or lies, Or spite, or smut, or rhymes, or blasphemies... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1872 - 192 pages
...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, 320 In puns, or politics, or tales, or lies, Or spite, or smut, or rhymes, or... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1872 - 168 pages
...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, 320 In puns, or politics, or tales, or lies, Or spite, or smut, or rhymes, or... | |
 | Austin Dobson - Authors, English - 1874 - 332 pages
...Prologue to Pope's satires. 11. 305-333. His favour with the Queen is referred to in the couplet : — ' Or at the ear of Eve, familiar toad, Half froth, half venom, spits himself abroad.' Heylln, Peter, 1600-62. (CHARLES I., COMMONWEALTH, CHARLES II.) p Microcosmus... | |
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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... 
