 | Edward Augustus Kendall - 1811 - 458 pages
...the sea; from which circumstance, it is introduced into the Essay on Man in these lines : Who taught the little nautilus to sail, Spread the thin, oar, and catch the rising gale? NAVY, the shipping of a prince or state. The iministerial management of the royal navy... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1812 - 348 pages
...170 Thus then to man the voice of Nature spake— " Go, from the creatures thy instructions take : " Learn from the birds what food the thickets yield...field : " Thy arts of building from the bee receive ; 1 75 " Learn of the mole to plough, the worm to weave ; " Learn of the little Nautilus to sail, "... | |
 | William Bullock - 1813 - 250 pages
...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... | |
 | John C. Laskey - 1813 - 146 pages
...of the ancients, and the one that Pope in his Essay on Man alludes to in these well-known lines. " Learn of the little Nautilus to sail, " Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale." The shells of this genus are not chambered as the Nautili, nor are they pearly within. Argo, Corrugated... | |
 | Elegant poems - 1814 - 132 pages
...part; 170 Thus then to man the voice of nature spake— Go, from the creatures thy instructions take : Learn from the birds what food the thickets yield:...field ; Thy arts of building from the bee receive; 175 Learn of the mole to plough, the worm to weave; Learn of the little nautilus to sail, Spread the... | |
 | 1817 - 494 pages
...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 pages
...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,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1821 - 268 pages
...Thus then to Man the voice of Nature spake : — « Go, from the Creatures thy instructions take : » Learn from the birds, what food the thickets yield...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... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1821 - 254 pages
...Thus then to Man the voice of Nature spake — « Go , from the Creatures thy instructions take : » Learn from the birds what food the thickets yield...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 - 86 pages
...part ; 170 Thus then to man the voice of nature spake, " Go, from the creatures thy instructions take Learn from the birds, what food the thickets yield...field; Thy arts of building, from the bee receive ; 175 Here too, all forms of social union find. And hence let reason, late instruct mankind ISO Here,... | |
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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 plow, the worm to weave; Learn of the little... 
