 | Sharon Turner - Creation - 1832 - 440 pages
...Mediterranean is sometimes 2 feet long.— T. Linn. p. 301, 302. * The arts of building from the hee receive ; Learn of the mole to plough ; the worm to...; Learn of the little NAUTILUS to sail. Spread the rliin oar, and catch the driving gale. Essay on Man, Ep. 3. Its animal is a saepis or clio, and inhabits... | |
 | Edward Jesse - Animal behavior - 1832 - 340 pages
...from the creatures thy instruction 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 ; ' Ijearn of the mole to plough, the worm to weave; ' Learn of the little nautilus to sail, ' Spread... | |
 | Samuel B. EMMONS - English language - 1832 - 168 pages
...instruction take: Learn from the birds what food the thickets yield; Learn from the beasts the physic^ ofthe field; Thy 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 catch the driving gale.... | |
 | Sharon Turner - Bible - 1833 - 424 pages
...Mediterranean is sometimes 2 feet long.—T. Linn. p. 301,302. * The arts of building from the hee receive ; Learn of the mole to plough ; the worm to...sail. Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale. Essay on Man, Ep. 3. t The pompilius of the Indian and African ocean is this species. It is very large... | |
 | James Edward Gambier - Religion and science - 1834 - 268 pages
...reach some distant and unseen result. Man could thus become with profit the disciple of nature, His arts of building from the bee receive, Learn of the...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... | |
 | Railroads - 1835 - 74 pages
...Learn from the beasts the physic of the fields ; Thy arts of building from the bee receive ; Learn from the mole to plough, the worm to weave"; Learn of the...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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 382 pages
...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... | |
 | Thomas Brown - Mollusks - 1835 - 234 pages
...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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 370 pages
...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... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1835 - 350 pages
...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 ; 176 Learn of the mole to plough, the worm to weave ; 171 Thus then to man the voice of Nature spake.... | |
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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 ; Learn from the beasts the physic of the field; Thy arts of building from the bee receive ; Learn of the mole... 
