 | William Cowper - 1835 - 370 頁
...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 - 1835 - 382 頁
...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... | |
 | Herbert Charles O'Neill - 1919 - 480 頁
...SHAKESPEARE (1564-1616), As You Like It, Act ii. sc. 7. 1 Mr. Dick could never keep it out of his Memorial Learn of the little nautilus to sail, Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale. 582. ALEXANDER POPE (1688-1744), Essay on Man : Epistle III. (The) learned eye is still the loving... | |
 | 1921 - 440 頁
...Pope's Essay on Man, Ep. Ill, 11. 178-79; Pope, instructing man to profit by the ways of animals, says: Learn of the little nautilus to sail, Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale. Pope's own note refers to and translates Oppian's Haliéutica, and there is no indication that he had... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 428 頁
...is found in the Mediterranean, that -we are indebted for the origin of ^ip-building. Pope says,— ''Learn of the little Nautilus to sail, Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale." Jl swims on the surface of the sea on the back of u« shell, which exactly resembles the hull of a... | |
 | 1921 - 438 頁
...Pope's Essay on Man, Ep. Ill, 11. 178-79; Pope, instructing man to profit by the ways of animals, says : Learn of the little nautilus to sail, Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale. Pope's own note refers to and translates Oppian's Halieutica, and there is no indication that he had... | |
 | KATE LOUISE ROBERTS - 1922 - 1422 頁
...the boat ahead. PLUTARCH — Whether 'twas rightfully said, Live concealed. (See also BURTON) 7 Leam of the little nautilus to sail, Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale. POPE— Essay on Man. Ep. III. L. 177. g The oars were silver: Which to the tune of flutes kept stroke.... | |
 | Alfred Seabold Eli Ackermann - 1923 - 1010 頁
...the idea of venturing upon the sea in ships. Pope's well-known lines seem to enhance that idea: — ' Learn of the little Nautilus to sail, Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale.' ' Spread the thin oar ' refers to the supposed habit of the argonaut of spreading out the arms as oars,... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - 1924 - 774 頁
...shell which it continually builds up as it grows. 1. poets feign : eg Pope, Essay on Man, iii. 178, ' Learn of the little Nautilus to sail, Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale.' The Nautilus was formerly supposed to use its webbed dorsal arms as sails. 5. the siren : see note... | |
 | 1925 - 366 頁
...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...find, And hence let reason, late, instruct mankind." In passing I would call attention to Pope's reference to the bee and the arts of building. Had his... | |
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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... 
