 | Richard Alfred Davenport - 1824 - 406 Seiten
...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...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... | |
 | Jacques Delille - 1824 - 474 Seiten
...tremble — A. What? that thing of silk, Sporus, that mere white curd of ass's milk? Satire of sense, alas ! can Sporus feel, Who breaks a butterfly upon...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... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 Seiten
...tremble — A. What ? that thing of silk, Sporus, that mere white curd of ass's milk ? Satire or sense, ns of royalty? The law shall still direct my peaceful...obey : Votes shall no more establish'd * ground stinks and stings ; Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - 1824 - 498 Seiten
...not find him a philosopher, you will make him one ; fir he vill be wise enough to take the benefit P. 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... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - 494 Seiten
...not find him a philosopfier, . you will make him one ; for he will be wise enough to take the benefit P. 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... | |
 | British anthology - 1825 - 460 Seiten
...tremble— .4. 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...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... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1825 - 600 Seiten
...What ? that thing of silk, Sporus, that mere white eurd of ass's milk ? Satire or sense, alas ! ean Sporus feel ? Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel...let me flap this bug with gilded wings, This painted ehild of dirt, that stinks and stings; Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes,... | |
 | John Aikin - 1826 - 840 Seiten
...tremble— A. What? that tiling of silk, Sporus, that mere white curd of ass's milk ? Satire of ttnse, alas ! can Sporus feel ? Who breaks a butterfly upon...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... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1826 - 396 Seiten
...tremble — A. What? that thing of «Hk, Sporne, that mere white curd of ass's milk Î Satire or sense, alas ! can Sporus feel ? Who breaks a butterfly upon...a wheel ? P. Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wlng-я, This painted child of dirt, that stinks and stings; Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1828 - 264 Seiten
...? that thin^of silk Sporus, that mere white curd of ass's milk ? Satire or sense, alas! can Spores feel? Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel ? P. Yet...with gilded wings, This painted child of dirt, that sticks and stings ; Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes and beauty ne'er... | |
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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.... 
