 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 526 Seiten
...that thin? of silk, Spoms, that mere white eurd of ass's milk ? Satire of sense, alas ! can Spurns feel ? Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel ? "P. Yet let me flap this bug with gilded «»[.•-, This painted child of dirt, that stinks and stings ; Whose buzz the witty and the fair... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810
...that thin? of silk, Sporus, that mere, white curd of ass's milk ? Satire of sense, alas ! can Sponis feel ? Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel ? P. Yet let me Hap this bug with gilded wings, This painted child of dirt, that stinks and stings ; Whose buzz the... | |
 | Arthur Collins - 1812
...tremble. — 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 ? P. Yet let me flap this toy with gilded wings ; This painted child of dirt, that stinks and sings. Eternal smiles his emptiness... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1812
...of ass's milk I 306 Satire or sense, alas ! can Sporus feel ? Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel I P. Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings, This painted child of dirt, that stinks and stings ; 310 Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty... | |
 | William Coxe - 1816
...ridicule, in allusion to his effeminate appearance, as a species of half-man and half-woman, which " P. Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings, " This painted child of dirt, that stinks and sings, &c. " Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, " As shallow streams run dimpling all... | |
 | John Aikin - 1820 - 807 Seiten
...silk, Sporus, that mere white curd of ass's milk ? Satire of sense, alas ! can Sporus feel ? Who break* , Rees, Orme & Brown stinks and stings ; Whose buzz the witty and tlie fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 807 Seiten
...Spurns, that mere white curd of ass's milk ? Satire of sense, alas ! can Sporus feel ? Who breaks i butterfly upon a wheel ? 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... | |
 | 1822
...tremble—A. W hat ? that thing of silk, Sporus, that mere white curd of asses' 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... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822
...correcting it; and brightening it, as he expresses it, by the strokes of his pencil ? The man that had P. Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings, This painted child of dirt, that stinks and stings; 310 Whose buz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822
...; and brightening it, as he expresses it, by the strokes of his pencil ? The man that had NOTES. 45 P. Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings, This painted child of dirt, that stinks and stings; 310 Whose buz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er... | |
| |
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.... 
