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" 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. "
Southern Literary Messenger - Page 297
1849
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The poetical works of Alexander Pope, with a life, by A. Dyce, Volume 3

Alexander Pope - 1863 - 388 pages
...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...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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The Living Age, Volume 17

1848 - 638 pages
...miss, And he himself one vile antithesis. Amphibions thing ! that acting cither part, The trifling head or the corrupted heart — Fop at the toilet, flatterer...struts a lord ! Eve's tempter thus the rabbins have ezpress'd, A cherub's face — a reptile all the rest : Beauty that shocks you, parts that none can...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: Ed. by the Rev. H. F. Cary

Alexander Pope - 1867 - 520 pages
...And he himself one vile antithesis. Amphibious thing ! that acting either part, The trifling head, or the corrupted heart, Fop at the toilet, flatterer...struts a lord. Eve's tempter thus the rabbins have express'd, A cherub's face, a reptile all the rest, Eeauty that shocks you, parts that none will trust,...
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The poetical works of Alexander Pope, with life of the author and notes by J ...

Alexander Pope - 1867 - 626 pages
...have improved it with a little rouge. Amphibious thing ! that acting either part, The trifling head, or the corrupted heart, Fop at the toilet, flatterer...struts a lord. Eve's tempter thus the Rabbins have express'd, A cherub's face, a reptile all the rest ; 331 Beauty that shocks you, parts that none will...
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The Wits and Beaux of Society

Mrs. A. T. Thomson, Philip Wharton - 1867 - 574 pages
...now Miss — And he himself one vile antithesis. * * * * Fop at the toilet, flatterer at the hoard, Now trips a lady, and now struts a lord. Eve's tempter,...expressed— A cherub's face — a reptile all the rest. s*~~" Beauty that shocks you, facts that none can trust, Wit that can creep, and pride that bites the...
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Edward Wortley Montagu: An Autobiography [ficious], Volume 3

Edward Vaughan Kenealy - 1869 - 336 pages
...froth, half venom, spits himself abroad. Amphibious thing that acting either part, The trifling head or the corrupted heart. Fop at the toilet, flatterer...the board, Now trips a lady, and now struts a lord j Eve's tempter* thus the Rabbins have expressed, A cherub's face, a reptile all the rest. Fielding...
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Reading Deconstruction, Deconstructive Reading

G. Douglas Atkins - 1985 - 172 pages
...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...
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Hellenism and Homosexuality in Victorian Oxford

Linda Dowling - 1994 - 196 pages
...Oxford HAPTER ON AESTHETE AND EFFEMIN ATUS Amphibious thing! that acting either part, The trifling head, or the corrupted heart, Fop at the toilet, flatterer...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...
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Resemblance & Disgrace: Alexander Pope and the Deformation of Culture

Helen Deutsch - 1996 - 300 pages
...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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Secret Sexualities: A Sourcebook of 17th and 18th Century Writing

Ian McCormick - 1997 - 276 pages
...Whether in florid impotence he speaks, And, as the prompter breathes, the puppet squeaks; 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 Or at the ear of Eve, 44 familiar toad, Half froth,...
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