 Go, from the creatures thy instructions take; 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 of the mole to plough, the worm to weave ; learn of the little...  Kidd's Own Journal - Page 1641854Full view - About this book
 | 1829 - 906 pages
...Thy arts of building, from the bee receive; Learn of the mole, to plough, the worm, to weave; Learn of the little nautilus, to sail, Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale." The philosophy of the poet, and the poetry of the philosopher, are assuredly contradicted... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1829 - 540 pages
...Of sea snails, the most curious is the nautilus, to which the poet alludes, in these words : Learn of the little nautilus to sail, Spread the thin oar, and catch the favouring gale. It is furnished with eight feet, connected by a fine membrane. Of these, six feet are... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1829 - 554 pages
...Of sea snails, the most curious is the nautilus, to which the poet alludes, in these words : Learn of the little nautilus to sail, Spread the thin oar, and catch the favouring gale. i IJ ..•"••' ' . It is furnished with eight feet, connected by a fine membrane.... | |
 | Gill's scientific, technological and microscopic repository - 1829 - 416 pages
...Thy arts of building from the bee receive ; Learn of tUe mole to plough ; the worm, to weave ; Learn of the little nautilus to sail, Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale." The philosophy of the poet, and the poetry of the philo" sopher, are assuredly contradicted... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 438 pages
...Fr. nautile ; lat * tilus. A shell fish furnished with somtik; analogous to oars and a sail. Learn of the little nautilus to sail, Spread the thin oar and catch the driving gileiff' The little ntmtitui, with purple pride Expands his sails, and dances o'er the v\ -v... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1830 - 500 pages
...Thy arts of building from the bee receive ; Learn of the mole to plough, the worm to weave ; Learn vides the yellow sand ;) Then part, where stretch'd along the wind driving gale. riere too all forms of social union find, And hence let reason, late, instruct mankind... | |
 | Sharon Turner - 1832 - 430 pages
...The arts of building from the bee receive ; Learn of the mole to plough, the worm to weave ; Learn of the little NAUTILUS to sail, Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale. Essay on Man, Ep. 3. Its animal is a sxpia or clio, and inhabits the Mediterranean and... | |
 | Edward Jesse - 1832 - 342 pages
...arts of building from the bee receive ; ' Learn of the mole to plough, the worm to weave ; ' Learn of the little nautilus to sail, ' Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale.' ' Each crawling insect holds a rank ' Important in the plan of Him who framed ' This... | |
 | James Edward Gambier - 1834 - 268 pages
...nature, His arts of building from the bee receive, Learn of the mole to plough, the worm to weave. Learn of the little nautilus to sail, Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale. But instinct can never be improved. It is only adapted to the present exigencies of the... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 382 pages
...mankind to the providence of God, as the true source of all their wisdom, says beautifully — Learn of the little Nautilus to sail, Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale. It is easy to parody those lines, so as to give them an accommodation and suitableness... | |
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