| William Ayre, Edmund Curll - 1745 - 432 pages
...?" Yet let me flap this Bug with gilded Wings, This painted Child of Dirt, that (links and ftings, Whofe Buzz the Witty and the Fair annoys, Yet Wit ne'er taftes, nor Beauty ne'er enjoys : So well-bred Spaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the Game they dare not... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1751 - 278 pages
...dirt, that ftinks and flings ; 310 Whofe buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tafles, and beauty ne'er enjoys : So well-bred fpaniels civilly...bite. Eternal fmiles his emptinefs betray, 315 As fhallow flrcams run dimpling all the way. Whether in florid impotence he fpeaks, And, as the prompter... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1752 - 434 pages
...This painted child of dirt, that ftinks and ftings ; Whofe buzz the witty and the fair annoys, 3 1 1 Yet wit ne'er taftes, and beauty ne'er enjoys : So...bite. Eternal fmiles his emptinefs betray, 315 As mallow ftreams run dimpling all the way. Whether in florid impotence he fpeaks, And, as the prompter... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1757 - 272 pages
...Yet let me flap thi; bug with gilded wingSj This painted child of dirt, that itinks and itings ;310 Whofe buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit...bite. Eternal fmiles his emptinefs betray, 315 As fhallow ftreams run dimpling all the way. Whether in florid impotence he fpeaks, And, as the prompter... | |
| 1764 - 198 pages
...this bug with gilded wings, This painted child of dirt that (links and (lings ; Whofe buz the wicty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er taftes, and beauty ne'er enjoys : So well bred fpaniels civilly delight, In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Eternal fmiles his... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1777 - 262 pages
...P. Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings, This painted child of dirt, that ftinks and ftingsf Whofe buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit...ne'er enjoys : So well-bred fpaniels civilly delight la mumbling o{ the game they d«re not bite. Eternal fmiles his emptinefs betray, As (hallow ftreams... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1778 - 394 pages
...dirt, that flinks and flings ; 310 Whofe buzz the witty and the fair annoys; Yet wit? ne'er tailes, and beauty ne'er enjoys : So well-bred fpaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bile. Eternal fmiles his emptinefs betray, As fhallow ftre,ams run dimpling all the way. Whether in... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 392 pages
...flap this bug with gilded wings, This painted child of dirt, that flinks and flings ; 31* Whote bu22 the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er taftes,...bite. Eternal fmiles his emptinefs betray, 315 As fhallow ftreams ran dimpling all the way. Whether in florid impotence he fpeaks, And, as the prompter... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 414 pages
...me flap this bug with gilded wings,i This painted child of dirt, that ftinks and ttings ; 310 Whole buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er...In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Eternal finiles his emptinefs betray, 31S As fhallow ftreams run dimpling all the way. Whether in florid impotence... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 1164 pages
...flap this bug with gilded wings, This painted child of dirt, that ftinks and ftings ; 3 70 Whofe bu22 the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er taftes,...well-bred fpaniels civilly delight In mumbling of th« game they dare not bits. Eternal finiles his emptinefs betray, 31 -5. As mallow ftreams run dimpling... | |
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