| William Bullock - 1813 - 250 pagina’s
...remarkable, that it cannot. be omitted. Pope in his Essay on Man alludes to it, where he says— " Learn of the little Nautilus to sail; Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale." Pliny describes it thus: "But amongst the principal miracles of nature is the animal called Pompilos... | |
| Elegant poems - 1814 - 132 pagina’s
...yield: Learn from the beasts the physic of the field ; Thy arts of building from the bee receive; 175 Learn of the mole to plough, the worm to weave; Learn...sail, Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale. Here too all forms oi' social union find, And hence let reason, late, instruct mankind: ISO Here subterranean... | |
| Richard Lobb - 1817 - 418 pagina’s
...Learn from the birds what food the thickets yield ; Learn from the beasts the physic of the field ; Thy arts of building from the bee receive ; Learn...sail, Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale. Here too all forms of social union find, And hence let Reason, late, instruct mankind: Here subterraneous... | |
| 1817 - 494 pagina’s
...Ostrea, oyster. 9. Cardium, cockle. MULTIVALVBS — 1. Pholas. 2. Chiton. 3. Lepas, bernacle shell. Learn of the little Nautilus to sail, Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale. The argonauta, known to shell collectors by the name of the paper-nautilus, is supposed to have given... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1849 - 638 pagina’s
...thickets yield; Learn from the heasts the physic of the field ; 253 Thy arts of hoilding from the hee receive; Learn of the mole to plough, the worm to...Learn of the little Nautilus to sail, Spread the thin uar, and cateh the driving gale. Here too all forms of sucial union find, And hence let reason, late,... | |
| John Aikin - 1820 - 832 pagina’s
...Learn from the birds what food the thickets yield ; Learn from the beasts the physic of the field ; Here too all forms of social union find, And hence let Reason, late, instruct mankind : Here subterranean... | |
| John Aikin - 1821 - 402 pagina’s
...Learn from the birds what food the thickets yield ; Learn from the beasts the physic of the field ; Thy arts of building from the bee receive : Learn...sail, Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale. Here too all forms of social union find, And hence let Reason, late, instruct mankind : Here subterranean... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1821 - 252 pagina’s
...physic of the field ; » Thy arts of building from the bee receive ; » Learn of the mole to plow , the worm to weave ; » Learn of the little Nautilus...Spread the thin oar , and catch the driving gale. » Here too all forms of social union find , » And hence let Reason , late , instruct Mankind :•... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1821 - 254 pagina’s
...from the birds what food the thickets yield ; » Learn from the beasts the physic of the field ; » Thy arts of building from the bee receive ; » Learn of the mole to plow , the worm to weave ; » Learn of the little Nautilus to sail , « Spread the thin oar , and catch... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1821 - 268 pagina’s
...from the birds, what food the thickets yield ; » Learn from the beasts the physic of the field ; » Thy arts of building from the bee receive ; » Learn of the mole to plow, the worm to weave ; Ne souilloit point ses mains d'homicides pieux, Et l'or ne payoit point l'indulgence... | |
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