 | Alexander Pope - 1847 - 524 pages
...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, 315 As shallow streams run dimpling all the way ; Whether in florid impotence... | |
 | 1848 - 636 pages
...the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes and beauty ne'er enjoys ; As 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 : Whether in florid impotence... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1848 - 602 pages
...the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes and beauty ne'er enjoys ; As 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 : Whether in florid impotence... | |
 | 1848 - 738 pages
...the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes nor beauty ne'er enjoys ; As well-bred spaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Eternal smiles his emptiness bet/ay, Aa shallow streams run dimpling all the way. Whether in florid impotence... | |
 | 1849 - 820 pages
...the witty and the fair annoys ; Yet wit ne'er tastes and beauty ne'er enjoys ; As 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. Whether in florid impotence... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Charles Macready - 1849 - 646 pages
...By Bubo it is believed, Pope meant Bubb Doddington, afterwards Lord Melcombe. 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. Whether in florid impotence... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1850 - 510 pages
...the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, anil beauty ne'er enjoys . So well-bred spaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Eternal smiles his empttness betray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. Whether in florid impotence... | |
 | James Hannay - 1854 - 292 pages
...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. • Whether in florid impotence... | |
 | James Hannay - 1854 - 296 pages
...witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoys : i 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. Whether in florid impotence... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1854 - 338 pages
...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, 315 As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. Whether in florid impotence... | |
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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! 
