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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 little... "
The British poets, including translations - Page 56
by British poets - 1822
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An Essay on Man: In Four Epistles to H. St. John, Lord Bolingbroke

Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1824 - 84 pages
...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 ; ITS " Learn of the mole to plough, the worm to weave : " Learn of the little nautilus to sail, "...
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The Cottager's monthly visitor, Volume 4

1824 - 588 pages
...Learn from the birds what food the thickets yield, Learn from the beasts the pbysic of the field; Tby 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...
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The British anthology; or, Poetical library, Volumes 3-4

British anthology - 1825 - 460 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...thin oar, and catch the driving gale. Here too all Conns of social union find, And hence let reason, late, instruct mankind : Here subterranean works...
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The Poetical Works of Alex. Pope: With a Sketch of the Author's Life

Alexander Pope - 1825 - 536 pages
...savage, man. See him from nature rising slow to art ! To copy instinct then was reason's part : 170 Learn of the little nautilus to sail, Spread the thin...too all forms of social union find, And hence let reasons late, instruct mankind: 1S0 Here subterranean works and cities see : There towns aerial on...
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The Cottager's monthly visitor, Volume 5

1825 - 630 pages
...imagine that the idea of sailing may have been first taken froni observing the Nautilus. Pope says, Learn of the little Nautilus to sail, Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale. Voyagers tell us that great numbers of these animals are sometimes to be seen in calm weather, diverting...
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The National School Magazine, Volumes 2-3

1825 - 366 pages
...sailing from observing the Nautilus. Theirs was the paper Nautilus, such as is seen in the picture. Learn of the little Nautilus to sail. Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale. Parting Address to the Children of a Sunday School *. My dear Children, ACCEPT this parting address...
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The Christian Remembrancer, Volume 8

William Scott, Francis Garden, James Bowling Mozley - Christianity - 1826 - 806 pages
...earth, And the wicked exist no more for ever. Bless thou the Lord, O my soul, Praise Jehovah ! 8 " Learn of the little nautilus to sail, Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale." POPE. This fish swims on the surface of the sea, on the back of its shell, which exactly resembles...
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Popular Philosophy; Or, The Book of Nature Laid Open Upon Christian ...

George Miller - 1826 - 864 pages
...early manner-. \ the example she affords has been held out by they as still deserving imitation : — " Learn of the little Nautilus to sail. Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale."1 Sea Tortoises, without any teacher but nature, instinctively taught to lay their eggs on the...
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Much Instruction from Little Reading: Or, Extracts from Some of the Most ...

Anthologies - 1827 - 290 pages
...their species, and betrays his own. ***** Learn from the birds what food the thickets yield ; Learn from the beasts the physic of the field ; Thy arts...sail, Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale. * * » * * For forms of government let fools contest ; ' Whate'er is best administer'd, is best : For...
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Letters from Europe, the journal of a tour through Ireland ..., Volume 1

Nathaniel Hazeltine Carter - 1827 - 544 pages
...Cleopatra. We have seen thousands of them bounding over the billows, reminding us of Pope's couplet : " Learn of the little Nautilus to sail, Spread the thin oar, and catch the rising gale.'' After our return to the ship, Captain Davis and another party made an excursion in the...
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