 | Vicesimus Knox - 1791 - 510 páginas
...afs'smilk ? [filk, >atire or fenfe, alas ! can Sporus feel ? Vho breaks a butterfly upon a wheel ! '. Ytt let me flap this bug with gilded wings, This painted child of dirt, that (links and ftings ; V'hofe buzz the witty and the fair annoys, fet wit ne'er taftcs, and beauty ne'er... | |
 | James Roach - 1794 - 260 páginas
...tremble — A. What ? that thing of GJk ? 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 let me flap this bug with gilded w ings. This painted child of dirt, that flinks and flings ; Whofe buzz the witty and the fair annoy... | |
 | John Bell - 1796 - 480 páginas
...; A lash like mine no honest man shall dread, 15 ut all such babbling blockheads in his stead. Let Sporus tremble — A. What ? that thing of silk, Sporus!...painted child of dirt, that stinks and stings; 310 Whose bu22 the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoys : So well-bred spaniels... | |
 | 1796 - 500 páginas
...But all such babbling blockheads in his stead. Let Sporus tremble — A. What ? that thing of sift, Sporus! that mere white curd of asses* milk? 306 Satire...painted child of dirt, that stinks and stings; 310 Whose bu22 the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit- ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoys : So well-bred spaniels... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1796 - 574 páginas
...that thing ol filk? Sparta, that mere white curd of afs's milk ? Satire or fenfc, alas ! can Sfvrus feel ? Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel ? P. Yet...with gilded wings, This painted child of dirt, that ftinks and ftings ; Whofe buzz the wirty and the fjir annoys, Yet wit ne'er tañes, and beauty ne'er... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1797 - 472 páginas
...elegant and entertaining letters, very charafteriftical of the manners of the Turks, Satire or Senfe, alas ! can Sporus feel ? Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel ? P. Yet NOTES. Turks, and of which many are addrefled to Pope ; are well known, and juftly celebrated. With... | |
 | 1842 - 592 páginas
...few specimens from the famous ' character of ' Sporus,' to which Lord Byron here refers : — ' Yes, let me flap this bug with gilded wings, This painted child of dirt, that stinks and stings : Whose buz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoys. Eternal smiles... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1804 - 496 páginas
...have kindnefs ia refcrve, He hc"lp°d to bury whom he help'd to ftarve. can Sporus f< Who breaks • butterfly upon a wheel ? P. Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings, May fo.Tc choice patron bkfs each grey gooff This paipted child of dirt, that ft inks and ftmgs; quill... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1805 - 1054 páginas
...tliat thing o Ink? Sfirvi, that mere white curd of afs's milk ? Satire or f'enfe, alas! can Sforut feel? Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel ? P. Yet...with gilded wings This painted child of dirt, that ilinks and ftings Whole buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tiftcs, and beauty ne'«r... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1806 - 440 páginas
...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 of dirt, that stinks and stings; Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ue'er enjoys ; So * Lord... | |
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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... 
