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 enjoys: So well-bred spaniels civilly delight... Disraeli's Works - Page 126de Isaac Disraeli - 1881Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
| Joseph Warton - 1806 - 440 pages
...brightest sons of fame, Condemn'd the charm of ages to the flame. f 25. Let Sporus tremble— What! that thing of silk, Sporus, that mere white curd of ass's milk ! Satire or sense, alas ! can Sporus feel f "Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel? Yet let me flap this... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1812 - 348 pages
...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. Yet let me flap... | |
| Isaac Disraeli - 1822 - 312 pages
...one of these days." GRAY and BURKE ! What mighty men must be submitted to the petrifying sneer, and that indifference of selfism for great sympathies,...of silk, Sporus that mere white curd of ass's milk !" The confidential confession of RACINE to his son is remarkable : " Do not think that I am sought... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1822 - 468 pages
...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 have persuaded... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1824 - 494 pages
...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 inmost groves,... | |
| Jacques Delille - 1824 - 474 pages
...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 me flap this... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 pages
...honest man shall dread, But all such babbling blockheads in his stead. Let Sporns tremble — A. What ? she saw the blow, A*tonish'd, gave a dreadful shriek ; And mo ? Satire or sense, alas ! can Sporus feel ? Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel ? P. Yet let me flap... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1830 - 500 pages
...honest man shall dread, But all such babbling blockhenrfs in his stend. Let Sporus tremble— A. What? he eyes of young coquettes to roll. Teach infant cheeks a hidd ? Satire or sense, alas ! can Sporus feel ? j Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel ? P. Yet let me flap... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - 1833 - 358 pages
...same power and the same variety — where will you find them ? (1) [" I.et 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 ? P. Yet let me flap... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1836 - 502 pages
...honest man shall dread, But all such hahhling hlockheads in his stead. Let Sporus tremhle— A. What? ope t Satire or sense, alas ! can Sporus feel ? Who hreaks a hutterfly upon a wheel ? P. Yet let me flap... | |
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