 | Alexander Pope - 1812 - 348 頁
...P . Why write at all ? A. Yes, silence if you keep, The town, the court, the whs, the dunces weep. Let Sporus tremble— A. What? that thing of silk, Sporus, that mere white curd of ass's milk I 306 Satire or sense, alas ! can Sporus feel ? Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel I P.... | |
 | William Coxe - 1816 - 464 頁
...solitary virtue to compensate for the most ridiculous foibles, and the most abandoned profligacy, " Let Sporus tremble. — A. What that thing of silk,...-alas ! can Sporus feel ? " Who breaks a butterfly upfln a wheel ? \ Vol. 20. p. 83. such contempt, and lashed him with such ridicule, in allusion to... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 452 頁
...Fiction Lie. A lash like mine no honest man shall dread, But all such babbling blockheads in his stead. Let Sporus tremble — A. What? that thing of silk, Sporus, that mere white curd of Ass's milk ? 306 Ver. 299. Who to the Dean, and silver bell, &c.] Meaning the man who would have persuaded... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 452 頁
...Fiction Lie. A lash like mine no honest man shall dread, But all such babbling blockheads in his stead. Let Sporus tremble — A. What? that thing of silk, Sporus, that mere white curd of Ass's milk ? 306 NOTES. Ver. 299. Who to the Dean, and silver bell, &c.] Meaning the man who would... | |
 | 1822 - 284 頁
...honest man shall dread, But all such babbling blockheads in his stead. Let Sporus 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 a wheel ? P. Yet let me flap this bug... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - 1824 - 406 頁
...fiction lie ; A lash like mine no honest man shall dread, But all such babbling blockheads in his stead. Let Sporus tremble — A . What ? that thing of silk...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 ;... | |
 | Jacques Delille - 1824 - 474 頁
...fiction lie : A lash like mine no honest man shall dread, But all such babbling blockheads in his stead. Let Sporus 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 a wheel? P. Yet let... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 頁
...lash like mine no honest man shall dread, But all such babbling blockheads in his stead. Let Sporns and. Dame Nature, when she saw the blow, A*tonish'd, gave a dreadful shri ass's milk ? Satire or sense, alas ! can Sporus feel ? Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel ? P. Yet... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - 494 頁
...lash like mine no honest man shall dread, But all such babbling blockheads in his stead. LetSporus tremble — A. What ? that thing of silk, Sporus, that mere white curd of ass's milk ? NOTES. Whose modest manners virtue's self approves, Whom wisdom leads through learning's... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - 1824 - 498 頁
...lash like mine no honest man shall dread, But all such babbling blockheads in his stead. LetSporus tremble — A. What ? that thing of silk, Sporus, that mere white curd cf ass's milk ? NOTES. Whose modest manners virtue's sel' approves, Whom wisdom leads through learnng's... | |
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What? that thing of silk, Sporus, that mere white curd of ass's milk, Satire or sense, alas! can Sporus feel? Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel? 
