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has gloss | eng: "Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel?" is a quotation – sometimes misquoted with "on" in place of "upon" – from Alexander Pope's "Epistle to Dr Arbuthnot" of January 1735. The line has entered common use and has become associated with more recent figures. |
lexicalization | eng: Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel? |
instance of | c/English poems |
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