 | 1848 - 738 頁
...in one of the most brilliant and popular sallies of min»Hed invective and sarcasm ever published. P. Let Sporus tremble — A. What ! that thing of silk ? Sporus ! that mere white curd of ass's milk ? Satire or sense, aias, can Sporus feel, Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel ? P. Yet let... | |
 | John Hervey Baron Hervey - 1848 - 606 頁
...undoubtedly is, is too large an item in Lord Hervey's history to be omitted even from this sketch : — P. 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 a butterfly upon a wheel ? ' London... | |
 | John Hervey Baron Hervey - 1848 - 608 頁
...sketch:— P. 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 a butterfly upon a wheel ? ' London ' had sneered at " Hervey's jest," which he afterwards changed to " dodo's jest." P. Yet... | |
 | 1848 - 636 頁
...Hervey's fopperies." But let us now look at Pope's portrait with our editor's framing : — " P. LetSporus tremble — A. What ! that thing of silk? Sporus! that mere white curd of ass's milk? Satire or sense, alas 1 can Sporus feel ? Who_ brea"ks a butterfly upon a wheel ? P. Yet... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Charles Macready - 1849 - 646 頁
...stead. Let Sporus tremble h — A. What 1 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 ? P. Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings, This painted child of dirt, that stinks and stings... | |
 | 1888 - 668 頁
...Sporus " by Pope in the Prologue to the ' Satires,' 1734, in the following terms : — That thing o' silk Sporus, that mere white curd of asses' milk ; Satire or sense, alas ! can Spon» feel 1 Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel 1 He was born October 15, 1696 ; he was a supporter... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1850 - 510 頁
...nis stead. Let Sporas tremble— A. What? that thing ef silk, Sporus, that mem white curd of ass's milk ? Satire or sense, alas ! can Sporus feel? Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel? P. Yet let me. flap this bug with gilded wing?, This painted child of dirt, that stinks and stings... | |
 | 1892 - 678 頁
...that the principle de minimi non curât applies to the examination of newspape historical accuracy. Satire or sense, alas ! can Sporus feel, Who breaks a butterfly upon the wheel ? But we may carry this disdainful toleration too far As I have on a former occasion maintained,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1851 - 384 頁
...lash like mine no honest man shall dread, But all such babbling blockheads in his stead. Let Sporus 1 tremble— A . What ? that thing of silk, Sporus, that mere white curd of asses' milk?0 Satire or sense, alas ! can Sporus feel ? Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel ? P. Yet let me... | |
 | Henry Mandeville - 1851 - 396 頁
...mute. Alone, untaught to fear, Stood dauntless Carl. " Behold that rival here !" Let Sporus tremble. What ? that thing of silk ? Sporus ! [that mere white curd of asses milk ?] Satire, alas ! alas ! can Sporus feel! Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel ? Booth enters. Hark! the universal... | |
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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? 
