 | William Cowper - 1835 - عدد الصفحات: 370
...directing 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 to the present... | |
 | 1835 - عدد الصفحات: 74
...fields ; Thy arts of building from the bee receive ; Learn from the mole to plough, the worm to weave"; Learn of the little nautilus to sail, Spread the thin oar and catch the driving gale.'' CRUELTY TO INSECTS. [From Dr. Percival.] POPS. A certain youth indulged himself in the cruel entertainment... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1835 - عدد الصفحات: 350
...the poison of serpents, are almost the only remaining groundwork of this poetic phantasm. POPE, I. D Learn of the little nautilus to 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 : 180 Here... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - عدد الصفحات: 602
...directing 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 to the present... | |
 | William Cowper - 1837 - عدد الصفحات: 380
...directing 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 these lines, so as to give them an accommodation and suitableness to the present... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1836 - عدد الصفحات: 382
...this was the shell of the nautilus. " Ha !" cried Rosamond, " how glad I am to see the nautilus ! " ' Learn of the little nautilus to sail, Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale.' " But, ma'am, how does the nautilus sail ? Where is the thin oar? I do not see any thing here like... | |
 | 1837 - عدد الصفحات: 486
...trackless paths. " For thus to man the voice of nature spake, Go, from [he creatures thy instruction take, Learn of the little Nautilus to sail, Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale."— Pors. In fine calm weather when the bosom of the sea is unruffled, the Argonauta is said to have been... | |
 | Sharon Turner - 1833 - عدد الصفحات: 594
...51 The arta 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 Saspia or Clio, and inhabits the Mediterranean and Indian Seas.... | |
 | William Hamilton Drummond - 1838 - عدد الصفحات: 246
...the field; 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." Though imagination may lead farther in illustration of this topic than experience or fact will warrant,... | |
 | 1838 - عدد الصفحات: 866
...trackless paths. " For ihns to man the voice of nature spake. Go, from the creatures thy instruction take, Learn of the little Nautilus to sail. Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale."— Pope. In fine calm weather when the bosom of the sea is unruffled, the Argonauta is said to have been... | |
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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. 
