 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 546 páginas
...that thin? of silk, Spoms, that mere white eurd of ass's milk ? Satire of sense, alas ! can Spurns feel ? Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel ? "P. Yet let me flap this bug with gilded «»[.•-, This painted child of dirt, that stinks and stings ; Whose buzz the witty and the fair... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 536 páginas
...that thin? of silk, Sporus, that mere, white curd of ass's milk ? Satire of sense, alas ! can Sponis feel ? Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel ? P. Yet let me Hap this bug with gilded wings, This painted child of dirt, that stinks and stings ; Whose buzz the... | |
 | Arthur Collins - 1812 - 564 páginas
...profligacy. " Let Sporus tremble. — What, that thing of silk, Sporus, that mere white curd of asses milk ? Satire or sense, alas ! can Sporus feel ? Who...a butterfly upon a wheel ? P. Yet let me flap this toy with gilded wings ; This painted child of dirt, that stinks and sings. Eternal smiles his emptiness... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1812 - 348 páginas
...Let Sporus tremble— A. What? that thing of silk, Sporus, that mere white curd of ass's milk I 306 Satire or sense, alas ! can Sporus feel ? Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel I P. Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings, This painted child of dirt, that stinks and stings... | |
 | William Coxe - 1816 - 464 páginas
...profligacy, " Let Sporus tremble. — A. What that thing of silk, " Sporus, that mere white curd of asses milk ? " Satire, or sense, -alas ! can Sporus feel ? " Who breaks a butterfly upfln a wheel ? \ Vol. 20. p. 83. such contempt, and lashed him with such ridicule, in allusion to... | |
 | John Aikin - 1820 - 832 páginas
...silk, Sporus, that mere white curd of ass's milk ? Satire of sense, alas ! can Sporus feel ? Who break* , Rees, Orme & Brown tlie fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoys : So well-bred spaniels civilly delight... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 468 páginas
...correcting it; and brightening it, as he expresses it, by the strokes of his pencil ? The man that had P. Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings, This painted child of dirt, that stinks and stings; 310 Whose buz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoys : So well-bred... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 452 páginas
...she gave an account in a series of elegant and entertaining letters, very characteristical of NOTES. Satire or Sense, alas ! can Sporus feel ? Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel ? the manners of the Turks, and of which many are addressed to Pope ; are well known, and justly celebrated.... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 452 páginas
...which she gave an account in a series of elegant and entertaining letters, very characteristical of Satire or Sense, alas ! can Sporus feel ? Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel ? NOTES. the manners of the Turks, and of which many are addressed to Pope ; are well known, and justly... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - 1824 - 498 páginas
...Walpole ; ind this was sufficiently offensive to Pope. The fact that paricularly excited his indignation Satire or sense, alas ! can Sporus feel ? Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel ? NOTES. tion, was Lord H.'s Epistle to a Doctor of Divinity (Dr. Sherwin) from a Nobleman at Hampton... | |
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Whose buzz 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. 
