| Samuel Butler, Robert Thyer - 1759 - 538 páginas
...at the Rate they ft ink . That live, as if they had been run aground, And, when they die, are caft away and drown'd ; That dwell in Ships, like Swarms of Rats, and prey Upon the Goods, all Nations fleets convey, And, when their Merchants are blown up and crackt ; Whole Towns are caft away in Storms,... | |
| Pomponius Mela - 1761 - 168 páginas
...they sink ; That live as if they had been run aground, And when they die are cast away and drowned ; That dwell in ships, like swarms of rats, and prey Upon the goods all nations' fleets convey ; And when their merchants are blown up and crack'd, Whole towns are cast away in storms... | |
| Samuel Butler - 1803 - 522 páginas
...wrecktj Th.it feed, like Cannibals, on other fiftics, And ferve their coufin germans up in difhes ; A land that rides at anchor, and is moor'd, In which they do not live, but go aboard. 16 TO HIS MISTRESS. -Uo not unjuftly blame My guiltlefs breaft, For vent'ring.to difelofe a flame It... | |
| Sir John Carr - 1807 - 334 páginas
...the rate they stink; " That live as if they had been run aground, , " And, when they die, are cast away and drown'd; " That dwell in ships, like swarms...blown up and crack " Whole towns are cast away in storms and wreck; " That feed like cannibals, on other fishes, " And serve their cousin germans up... | |
| sir John Carr - 1807 - 538 páginas
...the rate they stink ; " That live as if they. had been tun aground, c< And, when they die, are cast away and drown'd ; " That dwell in ships, like swarms....blown up and crack ' Whole towns are cast away in storms and wreck £ THE DUTCH TELEGRAPH. 11 " That feed like canibals, on other fishes, " And serve... | |
| Sir John Carr - 1807 - 328 páginas
...at the rate they stink ; " That live as if they had been run aground, " And, when they die, are cast away and drown'd; " That dwell in ships, like swarms...blown up and crack " Whole towns are cast away in storms and wreck; " That feed like cannibals, on other fishes, " And serve their cousin germans up... | |
| Samuel Butler, Samuel Johnson - 1807 - 414 páginas
...but at the rate they stink; That live as if they had been run aground, And when they die, arc cast away, and drown'd ; That dwell in ships like swarms of rats, and prey Upon the goods all nations' fleets convey ; And, when their merchants are blown up and crackt, \Vhole towns arc cast away in storms,... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 654 páginas
...but at the rate they stink ; That live as if they had been run aground, And, when they die, are cast away and drown'd} That dwell in ships, like swarms of rats, and prey Cpon the goods all nations' fleets convey ; And, when their merchants are blown-up and crackt, Whole... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1819 - 644 páginas
...And, when their merchants are blown-up and crackt, Whole towns are cast away in storms, and wreckt; That feed, like cannibals, on other fishes, And serve...dishes : A land that rides at anchor, and is moor'd, « which they do not live, but go aboard. TO HIS MISTRESS. Do not unjustly blame My guiltless breast,... | |
| Leigh Hunt - 1820 - 432 páginas
...nature; And when the sea does in upon them break, And drowns a province, does but spring a leak. . . That feed, like cannibals, on other fishes, And serve...up in dishes. A land that rides at anchor, and is moored, In which they do not live, but go aboard. We do not know, and perhaps it would be impossible... | |
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