 LAWS, as we read in ancient sages, Have been like cobwebs in all ages. Cobwebs for little flies are spread, And laws for little folks are made , But if an insect of renown, Hornet or beetle, wasp or drone, Be caught in quest of sport or plunder, The flimsy...  Jack's edition of life at sea, or, The Jervian system in 183-, a series of ... - Pagina 412door Jack (fict.name.) - 1843 - 466 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | James Beattie, Alexander Chalmers - 1811 - 308 pagina’s
...1757, tadfrttp*bb*ed m 1766.] LAWS, a* we read in ancient sages, Have been like cobwebs in aB ages. Cobwebs for little flies are spread, And laws for...Be caught in quest of sport or plunder. The flimsy fetter flies in sunder. Your simile perhaps may please one, With whom wit holds the place of reason:... | |
 | James Beattie - 1816 - 242 pagina’s
...WOLF AND SHEPHERDS. a JTablt. LAwS, as we read in ancient sages, HaTe been like cobwebs in all ages. Cobwebs for little flies are spread, And laws for...Be caught in quest of sport or plunder, The flimsy fetter flies in sunder. Your simile perhaps may please one With whom wit holds the place of reason... | |
 | James Beattie - 1821 - 230 pagina’s
...WOLF AND SHEPHERDS. A FABLE. LAWS, as we read in ancient sages, Have been like cobwebs in all ages. Cobwebs for little flies are spread, And laws for...Be caught in quest of sport or plunder, The flimsy fetter flies in sunder. Your simile perhaps may please one With whom wit holds the place of reason... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 280 pagina’s
...THE WOLF AND SHEPHERDS, LAWS, as we read in ancient sages, ~ * Have been like cobwebs in all ages. Cobwebs for little flies are spread, And laws for...Be caught in quest of sport or plunder, The flimsy fetter flies in sunder. Your simile perhaps may please one With whom wit holds the place of reason... | |
 | William Collins, Thomas Gray, James Beattie, George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1824 - 478 pagina’s
...and first published in 1750.) Li ws, as we read in ancient sages, Have been like cobwebs in all ages. Cobwebs for little flies are spread, And laws for little folks are made ; Bnt if an insect of renown, Hornet or beetle, wasp or drone, Be caught in quest of sport or plunder,... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 828 pagina’s
...alleys to her cobweb room Laws, as we read in ancient sages H^ve been like cubwebx in all ages. Cvbtrpbr for little flies are spread, And laws for little folks are made. Beallie. COCA, a town of Spain in Old Castile, seated OB the Eresma, among the mountains, near a srai?... | |
 | James Beattie - 1831 - 340 pagina’s
...WOLF AND SHEPHERDS. A FABLE. LAWS, as we read in ancient sages, Have been like cobwebs in all ages. Cobwebs for little flies are spread, And laws for...Be caught in quest of sport or plunder, The flimsy fetter flies in sunder. Your simile perhaps may please one With whom wit holds the place of reason... | |
 | James Beattie - 1831 - 330 pagina’s
...WOLF AND SHEPHERDS. A FABLE. LAWS, as we read in ancient sages, Have been like cobwebs in all ages. Cobwebs for little flies are spread, And laws for...Be caught in quest of sport or plunder, The flimsy fetter flies in sunder. Your simile perhaps may please one With whom wit holds the place of reason... | |
 | William Collins - 1844 - 328 pagina’s
...puhlish*il ia l7e*.> LAWS, as we read in ancient sages. Have heen like cohwehs in all ages. Cohwehs for little flies are spread, And laws for little folks are made \ But if an insect of renown, Hornet or heetle, wasp or drone, Be caught in quest of sport or plunder, The flimsy fetter flies in sunder. Your... | |
 | James Beattie, George Gilfillan - 1854 - 318 pagina’s
...AND FIRST PUBLISHED IN 17G6.) LAWS, as we read in ancient sages, Have been like cobwebs in all ages : Cobwebs for little flies are spread, And laws for...Be caught in quest of sport or plunder, The flimsy fetter flies in sunder. Your simile perhaps may please one With whom wit holds the place of reason... | |
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