...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 Phryne the whole auction...

...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...prompter breathes the puppet squeaks ; Or at the ear of Ert , familiar toad ! Half froth, half venom, spits himself abroad, In pun or politics, or tales or...

...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...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,...

...flap this bug with gilded wings, This painted child of dirt, that stinks and stings; 310 Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes,...the puppet squeaks ; Or at the ear of Eve, familiar Toad4, Half froth6, half venom, spits himself abroad, ЗЮ In puns, or politics, or tales, or lies,...

...; he pictures another (Lord Hervey, a literary peer) thus — Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. Whether...toad, Half froth, half venom, spits himself abroad, In puns, or politics, or tales, or lies, Or spite, or smut, or rhymes, or blasphemies ; His wit all...

...alas ! can Sporus feel ? Who breaks a butterfly upon the wheel ? Eternal smiles his emptiness betray As shallow streams run dimpling all the way ; Whether...toad, Half froth, half venom, spits himself abroad. Amphibious thing that acting either part, The trifling head or the corrupted heart. Fop at the toilet,...

...alas ! can Sporus 1'eol ? Who breaks a butterfly upon the wheel? "Eternal smiles his emptiness betray As shallow streams run dimpling 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,...

...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 he speaks, 1 Meaning the man who would have persuaded the Duke of Chandos that Pope meant to ridicule him in the...

...it without the Love; Who has the Vanity to call you Friend, Yet wants the Honour injured to defend, Whether in florid Impotence he speaks, And as the Prompter breathes the Puppet squeaks. Half Froth, half Venom, spits himself abroad In Puns or Politicks, or Tales or Lies, Or Spite, or Smut,...

...Smiles his Emptiness betray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. Whether in florid lmpotence he speaks, And, as the Prompter breathes, the Puppet...Toad, Half Froth, half Venom, spits himself abroad, ln Puns, or Politicks, or Tales, or Lyes, Or Spite, or Smut, or Rymes, or Blasphemies. His Wit all...