...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...find, And hence let reason, late, instruct mankind ; Here subterranean works and cities see ; There towns aerial on the waving tree. Learn each small...

...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...Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale." The philosophy of the poet, and the poetry of the philosopher, are assuredly contradicted by observation...

...from the beasts the physic of the field ; Thy arts of building from the bee receive ; Learn of tUe mole to plough ; the worm, to weave ; Learn of the...Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale." The philosophy of the poet, and the poetry of the philo" sopher, are assuredly contradicted by observation...

...n. $. 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 Gnrf This...

...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....

...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...

...Go from these creatures, thy instruction take ; Lessons of industry from the ant receive, Learn of the mole to plough, the worm to weave ; .Learn of the little Nautilus.to sail, Spread thu thin oar and catch the driving gale. • Learn from the birds that food...

...Learn from the beasts the physic of the field ; Thy arts of building from the bee receive ; Learn of s divine her riere too all forms of social union find, And hence let reason, late, instruct mankind : 180 Here subterranean...

...Learn from the beasts the physic of the field ; The arts of building from the bee receive ; Learn of the mole to plough, the worm to weave ; Learn of the little nautilus to rail, Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale— The worker from the work distinct was known,...

...Pope's Essay on Man, Ep. Ill, 11. 178-79; Pope, instructing man to profit by the ways of animals, says: Learn of the little nautilus to sail, Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale. Pope's own note refers to and translates Oppian's Haliéutica, and there is no indication that he had...