Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings, This painted child of dirt, that stinks and stings; 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... Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot - Página 50por Alexander Pope - 1885 - 51 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Alexander Pope - 1806 - 508 páginas
...of Sporus ; it feems a more fuitable name. There is, I believe, no account why it wai altered. E 4 P. Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings, This painted child of dirt, that {links and flings ; 310 Whole buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er taftes, and beauty... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1806 - 550 páginas
...of Sporus ; it feems a more fuitable name. There is, I believe, no account why it wa» altered. « 4 P. Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings, This painted child of dirt, that (links and flings 5319 Whofe buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er taftes, and beauty ne'er... | |
| Joseph Warton - 1806 - 440 páginas
...fame, Condemn'd the charm of ages to the flame. f 25. Let Sporus tremble— What! that thing of silk, Sporus, that mere white curd of ass's milk ! Satire or sense, alas ! can Sporus feel f "Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel? Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings, This painted child... | |
| Alexander Pope, William Lisle Bowles - 1806 - 504 páginas
...thefe two lines in his Imitation of the firft Satire of Horace's fecond Book ; The Satire or Senfe, alas ! can Sporus feel ? Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel ? P. Yet NOTES. The lines are weak, another's pleas'd to fay, Lord Fanny fpins a thoufand fuch a day. And Lady... | |
| John Bell - 1807 - 562 páginas
...tremble — A. What ? that thing of silk, 305 Sporus! that mere white curd of asses' milk ? oatire or sense, alas ! can Sporus feel ?— Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel ? ''. Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings, r''is painted child of dirt, that stinks and stings... | |
| Alexander Pope, Thomas Park - 1808 - 388 páginas
...of asses' milk 'i Satire or sense, alas ! can Sporus feel t Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel? /'. Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings, This painted child of dirt, that stinks and stings ; Whose buzz the witty and the fair aunoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoys : So well-bred... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1808 - 702 páginas
...snch babbling blockheads in his stead. Let Sporus tremble— A. What ? that thing of silk, Sporu?, that mere white curd of ass's milk? Satire or sense, alas! can Sporus feel? Who breaks a buttcrfly upon a wheel ? P. Yet let me flap this bu^ with gilded wings, This painted child of dirt,... | |
| 1809 - 402 páginas
...tremble. — A. What ! that thing of silk? Sporits, that mere white curd of ass's milk ? Satire of sense, alas ! can Sporus feel? Who breaks a butterfly...This painted child of dirt, that stinks and stings ; Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoys : So well-bred... | |
| Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 páginas
...babbling blockheads in his stead. Let Soarus tremble. — A. \Vhali that thing of silk ? Spans, thai re, Though patriots flatter, still shall wisdom rind...portion dealt to all mankind j As different good, by ar Yetletincflap this bug with gilded wings, This painted child of dirt, that stinks and stings; Whose... | |
| British poets - 1809 - 526 páginas
...stead. Let Sporus tremble— .-1. What ? that thing of silk, •porus, that mere white curd of asses' milk ? Satire or sense, alas ! can Sporus feel .* Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel ? So well-bred spaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Eternal smiles... | |
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