 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1829 - 554 Seiten
...found. 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.... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1829 - 540 Seiten
...found. 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... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1830 - 500 Seiten
...field ; Thy arts of building from the bee receive ; Learn of the mole to plough, the worm to weave ; eel divides the yellow sand ;) Then part, where stretch'd along the winding bay The sh riere too all forms of social union find, And hence let reason, late, instruct mankind : 180 Here subterranean... | |
 | 1831 - 796 Seiten
...social union find, And hence let reason late instruct mankind ; Here subterranean works and cities see j There towns aerial on the waving tree. Learn each small people's genius, policies, The ant's republic and the realm of bees ; How those in common all their wealth bestow, And anarchy without... | |
 | Samuel B. EMMONS - 1832 - 168 Seiten
...arts of building from the bee receive; Learn of the mole to plough, the wcrem to weave; Learn ofthe little- nautilus to sail, Spread the thin oar, and...find, And hence let reason, late, instruct mankind; Hero subterranean works and cities see; There towns aerial on the waving tree. Learn each small people's... | |
 | Sharon Turner - 1832 - 430 Seiten
...331-2. (50) 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 Indian Seas.... | |
 | Edward Jesse - 1832 - 342 Seiten
...' 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.' ' Each crawling insect holds a rank ' Important in the plan of Him who framed ' This scale of beings.'... | |
 | 1831 - 420 Seiten
...JVeurqpfcro, having nervous wings. GE.NUS — Termes, building their nests on the boughs of trees. I ' Here too all forms of social union find, And hence let reason late instruct mankind ; Here subterranean works and cities see ; There towns aerial on the waving tree. Learn each small... | |
 | James Edward Gambier - 1834 - 268 Seiten
...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 creatures which... | |
 | Thomas Brown - 1835 - 234 Seiten
...for the first hint of using sails in navigation. This is alluded to by Pope, in the following lines : Learn of the little Nautilus to sail, Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale. What the particular organization is which enables this animal to rise to the surface, or to sink to... | |
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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 plough, the worm to weave ; Learn of the... 
