 | Alexander Pope - 1778 - 394 páginas
...— A. What ? that thing of (ilk, 30$ Sporus, that mere white curd of afs's milk ? Satire or fenfe, ala.s ! can Sporus feel ? Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel ? P. Yet let me flap this bug wjth gilded .wings, This painted child of dirt, that flinks and flings ; 310 Whofe buzz the witty and... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 392 páginas
...at all ? — A. Yes, f:lence if you keep, The Town, the Court, the Wits, the Duncea weep. VOL. II. M P. Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings, This painted child of dirt, that flinks and flings ; 31* Whote bu22 the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er taftes, and beauty... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 1164 páginas
...Odes. On themes like thefe, fuperior far to thine, Let lanrel'd Gibber and great Arnal mine. Why TP. Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings, This painted child of dirt, that ftinks and ftings ; 3 70 Whofe bu22 the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er taftes, and beauty... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 414 páginas
...tremble— A. What ? that thing of filk, Sporus, that mere white curd of Afs's milk ? Satire or fenfe, alas ! can Sporus feel ? Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel ? P. Yet VARIATION. Why write at all ? — A. Yes, filence if you keep, The Town, the Court, the Wits, the Dunces... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1782 - 514 páginas
...Author*. Satire Satire or fer.fc, alas ! can Sporus feel ? Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel ? — Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings, This painted child of dirt, that (links and ftings ; Whofe buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er taftes, and beauty ne'er... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1783 - 322 páginas
...fhall dread, But all fuch babbling blockheads in his {lead. IBID. p. I9I. CONTEMPTIBLE INSIGNIFICANCE. YET let me flap this bug with gilded wings, This painted child of dirt, that ftinks and flings ; Whofe buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er taftes, and beauty ne'er... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1787 - 396 páginas
...ridiculed in the Epiftle on Jfafte* See Mr. Pope's Letter to the Earl of Burlington concerning this matter. P. Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings, This painted child of dirt, that (links and flings ; 310 Whofe buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er taftes, and beauty... | |
 | Eschenburg - 1788 - 472 páginas
...millsî Sathre or fenfe, alas ! can Sporus feel? Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel? ?OPE Yet let roe flap this bug with gilded wings This painted child of dirt, that ftinks and flings; Whofe bu7z the witty and the fair annoys. \ec wit ne'e* taileSj and Beauty де'ег... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 398 páginas
...— A. Yes, filence if you keep, The Town, the Court, the Wits, the Dunces weep. VOL. XL VI. M P. Yet P. Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings, This painted child of dirt, that ftinks and flings ; 310 Whofe bu22 the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er taftes, and beauty... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1791 - 966 páginas
...thing of S for i/i, that mere white curd of afs',s milk ? [iilk ; Satire or fenfe, alas ! can Sporui with diverfe charms to move The fly cnchantrcfs fummon'd...Alluring \'enus, queen of vagrant love, The boon com (links and (lings ; Whole buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er taftes, and beauty ne'er... | |
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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... 
