 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1837 - 362 páginas
...of silk, Sporus, that mere white curd of ass's milk ? Satire or sense, alas ! can Sporus feel ? W7ho breaks a butterfly upon a wheel ? P. Yet let me flap...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... | |
 | 1848 - 620 páginas
...A. What ! that thing of silk ? Sporus ! that mere white curd of ass's milk ? Satire or sense, nlas ! can Sporus feel ? Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel...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; As well-bred... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1839 - 510 páginas
...What! that thing of silk, Sporns, that mere white curd of ass's milk? Satire or sense, alas! can Sporns hint a fault, and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserved...foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading even fools, b ; Whose buz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoys : So well-bred... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 1839 - 864 páginas
...night, A bell was heard to ring ; And shrieking at her window thrice The men flapped his wing. Tickel. Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings, This painted child of dirt, that stiuks and stings. Pope. I write to you by way of flapper, to put you in mind , &c. Cluaterfldd. When... | |
 | Fitz-Greene Halleck - 1840 - 372 páginas
...stead. Let Sporus tremble— A. What? that thing of silk, Sporus, that mere white curd of ass's milk ? Satire or sense, alas ! can Sporus feel * Who breaks...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... | |
 | Sir James Mackintosh - 1840 - 446 páginas
...malice. " 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 upon a wheel? ****** Amphibious thing ! that acting either part, The trifling head, or the corrupted heart, Fop at... | |
 | John Aikin - 1841 - 840 páginas
...Sporus tremble — A. What ? that thing of silk Sporus, that mere white curd of ass's milk Î Satire of ected light. Some flying stroke alone can hit them right : Tor how Î P. Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings. This painted child of dirt, that stinks and stings;... | |
 | 1842 - 586 páginas
...a 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... | |
 | S. Warrand - 1842 - 580 páginas
...take a 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 : .1 Whose buz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoys. . Eternal... | |
 | 1842 - 584 páginas
...a 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 sting* : Whose buz the witty and ihe fair annoys, , Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoys.... | |
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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... 
