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

...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...

...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." The philosophy of the poet, and the poetry of the philosopher, are assuredly contradicted...

...Thy arts of building from the bee receive ; Learn of the mole to plough, the worm to weave ; Learn vides the yellow sand ;) Then part, where stretch'd along the wind driving gale. riere too all forms of social union find, And hence let reason, late, instruct mankind...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...