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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 History of the Works of the Learned ... - Page 341
1739
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An Essay on Man: Epistle III

Alexander Pope - 1733 - 28 pages
...from the Birds what Food the Thickets yeild ; " Learn from the Beafts the <Phyfick of the Field: " Thy Arts of Building from the Bee receive ; " Learn of the Mole to plow, the Worm to weave ; <c Learn of tfo littk * Nautilus to fail, 1 80 « Spread tht tbi# Gar, an4 catch the dnvw& Gee. D...
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A Critical and philosophical Commentay on Mr. Pope's Essay on Man. In which ...

William Warburton - 1742 - 220 pages
...Voice of Nature fpake — " Go, from the Creatures thy Inftructions take ; I 3 Thy Ii8 A COMMENTARY m " Thy Arts of Building from the Bee receive, " Learn of the Mole to plow, the Wormv* weave; " Learn of the little Nautilus to fail, " Spread the thin Oar, and catch the driving...
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Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Alexander Pope, Esq ..., Volume 2

William Ayre, Edmund Curll - 1745 - 432 pages
...: Thus then to Man the Voice of Nature fpake— ** Go, from the Creatures thy Inftrudtions take ; " Thy Arts of Building from the Bee receive, " Learn...to weave; " Learn of the little Nautilus to fail, [&c. " Spread the thin Oar, and catch the driving Gale, ** Yet go ! and thus o'er all the Creatures...
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. ...: Moral essays

Alexander Pope - 1751 - 272 pages
...Learn from the beafts the phyfic of the field ; " Thy arts of building from the bee receive ; 175 " Learn of the mole to plow, the worm to weave ; " Learn..." Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale. " Here too all forms of focial union find, «* And hence let Reafon, late, inftruft Mankind : NOTEs....
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The Works of Alexander Pope Esq, Volume 3

Alexander Pope - English literature - 1751 - 274 pages
...Learn from the beafts the phyfic of the field ; v " Thy arts of building from the bee receive ; 175 ** Learn of the mole to plow, the worm to weave ; •...*' Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale. " Here too all forms of focial union find, M And hence let Reafon, late, inftru£t Mankind : NOTEs....
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Moral essays

Alexander Pope - 1751 - 374 pages
...Thy arts of building from the bee receive j 175 " Learn of the mole to plow, the worm to weave j " Learn of the little Nautilus to fail, " Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale. COMMENTARY. fons; firft, to bring thofe arts, already found, to perfection : And, fecondly, to fecure...
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Moral essays

Alexander Pope - 1752 - 378 pages
...yield; " Learn from the beads the phyGc of the field; " Thy aits of building from the bee receive; 175 " Learn of the mole to plow, the worm to weave; " Learn..." Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale. COMMENTARY. Tons ; firft, to bring thofe arts, already found, to perfection -. And, fecondly, to iecure...
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Religio medici. To which is added, sir Digby's Observations. Also critical notes

sir Thomas Browne - 1754 - 420 pages
...from the birds, vyhat food the thickets yield ; "Learn from the beafts, the phyfick of the field ; "Thy arts of building from the bee receive ; "Learn..."Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale. \. • "Here - . »«'- •, ^ '- *. i • -. » '. . "Here too all forms of focial union find; "And...
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The Hymns of Callimachus

Callimachus, William Dodd - Greek poetry - 1755 - 262 pages
...AfauriceJohnfen,Efq; " Oppian's defcription of this fifh referred to by Mr. Pepe in his EJJay on Man, (Learn of the little Nautilus to fail, Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale) may fomewhat illuftrate this Epigram. Within a curious concave {hell conccal'd There lies a fifli,...
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The Hymns of Callimachus

Callimachus, William Dodd - Greek poetry - 1755 - 266 pages
...Maurice Jobnfon, Efq; " Oppian's defcription of this fiih referred to by Mr. Pope in his EJjay on Man, (Learn of the little Nautilus to fail, Spread the thin oar, and catch the drivina; -gale) may fomewhat illuftrate this Epigram. Within a curious concave fhell conceal'd There...
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