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" Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings, This painted child of dirt that stinks and stings... "
The Works of Alexander Popekesq., with Notes and Illustrations by Himself ... - Page 81
by Alexander Pope - 1824
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The poetical works of Alexander Pope. Ed. by R. Carruthers, Volume 4

Alexander Pope - 1854 - 338 pages
...the name was "Paris."] 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 buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoys : So...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: With Memoir, Critical ..., Volume 1

Alexander Pope, George Gilfillan - 1856 - 356 pages
...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; 310 Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoys : So well-bred...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: With Memoir, Critical ..., Volume 1

Alexander Pope - 1856 - 352 pages
...curd of ass's milk ? Satire or sense, alas ! can Sporus feel ? Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel 1 P. Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings, This painted child of dirt, that stinks and stings; sio Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoys : So well-bred...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope

Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1859 - 504 pages
...curd of ass's milk I Satire or sense, alas ! can Sporus fcel ! Who breaks a butterfly upon a whcel ! of peace at buz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoys : So well-bred spaniels...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: With a Life, Volume 3

Alexander Pope - 1859 - 384 pages
...curd of asses' milk?* Satire or sense, alas I 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 ; • An allusion to those who endeavoured to persuade the Duko of Chandos that Pope meant to ridicule...
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Temple Bar, Volume 54

George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates - English periodicals - 1878 - 590 pages
...curd of asses' milk P 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 ! Whose buzz, the witty and the fair annoys; Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoys...
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The Cornhill Magazine, Volume 26; Volume 99

William Makepeace Thackeray - Electronic journals - 1909 - 872 pages
...: Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wingB, This painted child of dirt, that stinks and sting* : Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoyg : So well-bred spaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Eternal...
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Thackeray's Place in English Literature. Cut from Littell's Living Age, Feb ...

1864 - 30 pages
...minds. When Dryden drew his dark picture of Ahitophel, or Pope spit forth fire against Lord Ilcrvey as " This bug with gilded wings, This painted child of dirt that stinks and stings ;' ' or Byron scoffed at women and critics, and the vision of judgment, the fire was obviously kindled...
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The Living Age, Volume 17

1848 - 636 pages
...curd of ass's milk? Satire or sense, alas I can Sporus feel ? Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel ? P. Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings, This...annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes and beauty ne'er enjoys ; As well-bred spaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Eternal smiles...
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The poetical works of Alexander Pope, with life of the author and notes by J ...

Alexander Pope - 1867 - 626 pages
...curd of ass's milk ? Satire or sense, alas ! can Sporus feel 1 Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel ? P. Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings, This...stings ; Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys ; 311 Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoys : So well-bred spaniels civilly delight In mumbling...
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