...Doddington, afterwards Lord Melcombe. So well-bred spaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Eternal smiles his emptiness betray,...or tales, or lies, Or spite, or smut, or rhymes, or blasphemies. His wit all see-saw, between that and this, Now high, now low, now master up, now miss,...

...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,...! Half froth, half venom, spits himself abroad, In pun or politics, or tales or lies, Or spite, or smut, or rhymes, or blasphemies. His wit all see-saw...

...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....he speaks, And as the prompter breathes, the puppet sq'.ieaks ; Or at the ear of Eve, familiar toad, Half froth, half venom, spits himself abroad, In puns,...

...ne'er enjoys: So well-bred spaniels civilly delight n mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Sternal ialf froth, half venom, spits himself abroad, n puns, or polities, or tales, or lies, Or spite, or...

...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,...puppet squeaks ; Or at the ear of Eve, familiar toad, Half-froth, half-venom, spits himself abroad." It concludes : " Eve's tempter thus the rabbins have...

...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,...puppet squeaks ; Or at the ear of Eve, familiar toad, Half-froth, half-venom, spits himself abroad." It concludes : " Eve's tempter thus the rabbins have...

...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...! * Half froth, half venom, spits himself abroad, 320 In puns, or politics, or tales, or lies, Or spite, or smut, or rhymes, or blasphemies.39 His 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,...prompter breathes the puppet squeaks ; Or at the ear of Eye, familiar toad, Half-froth, half-venom, spits himself abroad." It concludes : " Eve's tempter thus...

...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...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,...

...comes down to us, as the Sporus of Pope's severe Satire, in which his character is thus limned: — " Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams...And, as the Prompter breathes, the puppet squeaks. Eve's tempter, thus the Rabbins have exprest — A cherub's face, a reptile all the rest, Beauty that...