 | Joseph Warton - 1782 - 514 頁
...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 頁
...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 頁
...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 頁
...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 頁
...— 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 頁
...afs',s milk ? [iilk ; Satire or fenfe, alas ! can Sporui feel ? Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel ? fs fummon'd all her train; 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... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1791 - 510 頁
...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... | |
 | John Bell - 1796 - 480 頁
...of asses' milk? 306 Satire or sense, alas ! can Sporus feel ? Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel ? P. Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings, This 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... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1796 - 574 頁
...curd of afs's milk ? Satire or fenfc, alas ! can Sfvrus feel ? Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel ? P. Yet let me flap this bug 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... | |
 | 1842 - 592 頁
...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 his... | |
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