 | John Bell - English poetry - 1796
...no honest man shall dread, 15 ut all such babbling blockheads in his stead. Let Sporus tremble — A. What ? that thing of silk, Sporus! that mere white curd of asses' milk? 306 Satire or sense, alas ! can Sporus feel ? Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel ? P.... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1804 - 754 pages
...mine no honest man shall dread, But all such babbling blockheads in his stead. : Sporus tremble — A. What ? that thing of silk, Sporus ! that mere white curd of asses' milk ? 306 Satire or sense, alas ! can Sporus feel ! Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel ? P.... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1806
...WALLER, 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...milk ! Satire or sense, alas ! can Sporus feel ? Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel? Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings, This painted child of... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1806
...WALLER, brightest sons of fame, Condemn'd the charm of ages to the flanie.f 25. Let Spprus tremble— What ! that thing of silk, Sporus, that mere white...ass's milk ! Satire or sense, alas ! can Sporus feel ? ,:s.'j Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel? > .. Yet-let me flap this bug with gilded wings, This... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1806
...fame, Coudenm'd the charm of ages to the flame.f 25. Let Sporus tremble— What! that thing of silk, i Sporus, that mere white curd of ass's milk ! Satire or sense, alas ! can Sporus feel ? Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel? Yet let me flap this Dug with gilded wings, This painted child of... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1807
...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 asses' milk? S06 Satire or sense, alas! can Sporus feel! Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel ? P. Yet... | |
 | Alexander Pope, Thomas Park - 1808
...mine no honest man shall dread, But all such habbling blockheads in his stead. Let Sporus tremble— A. What? that thing of silk, Sporus, that mere white curd of asses' milk 'i Satire or sense, alas ! can Sporus feel t Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel? /'. Yet... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1809
...babbling blockheads in his stead. Let Soarus tremble. — A. \Vhali that thing of silk ? Spans, thai re, Though patriots flatter, still shall wisdom rind An equal portion dealt t breaks a butterfly upon a wheel ?• P. Yetletincflap this bug with gilded wings, This painted child... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1812
...? 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. Yet let me... | |
 | William Coxe - Prime ministers - 1816
...compensate for the most ridiculous foibles, and the most abandoned profligacy, " Let Sporus tremble. — A. What that thing of silk, " Sporus, that mere white curd of asses milk ? " Satire, or sense, -alas ! can Sporus feel ? " Who breaks a butterfly upfln a wheel ?... | |
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