 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1885 - 264 páginas
...of Nature : And when the sea does in upon them break, And drown a province, does but spring a leak ; 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... | |
 | Daniel Clarke Eddy - 1885 - 328 páginas
...until I went about among the people of Holland. They are a people, who, as the author of Hudibras says: "That always ply the pump, and never think They can be safe, but at the rate they sink ; That live as if they had been run aground, And when they die, are cast away and drowned ; That... | |
 | 1869 - 804 páginas
...guest. They always ply the pump and never think They can be sate, but at the rate they sink ; They live as if they had been run aground, And when they die are cast away and drown'd. An Amsterdam Sunday belongs but half to God. Its 25 000 Jews keep Saturday as their day of rest, and... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1893 - 340 páginas
...them break, And drown a province, does but spring a leak ; That always ply the pump, und never think 5 They can be safe, but at the rate they stink ; That...drown'd ; That dwell in ships, like swarms of rats, and prey Upon the goods all nations' fleets convey ; 10 And, when their merchants are blown up and... | |
 | 1905 - 404 páginas
...hold of Nature, And when the sea does in upon them break, And drowns a province, does but spring a leak; That always ply the pump, and never think They can be safe but at the rate they stink; They live as if they had been run aground, And, when they die, are cast away and drowned; That dwell... | |
 | Carolyn Wells - 1923 - 804 páginas
...hold of Nature, And when the sea does in upon them break, And drowns a province, does but spring a leak; That always ply the pump, and never think They can be safe but at the rate they stink; They live as if they had been run aground, And, when they die, are cast away and drowned; That dwell... | |
 | Henry Fielding - 1972 - 350 páginas
...Or, to cite an unfriendly view, Samuel Butler's 'Description of Holland' saw it as inhabited by men 'That always ply the Pump, and never think / They can be safe, but at the Rate they stink' (The Genuine Remains, 1759, i. 270). 3 Punica, ii. 217-21. TOEUTHALIA Written in the Year 1728 Burning... | |
 | Samuel Butler, René Lamar - 536 páginas
...them break And Drown a Province, dos but Spring a Leak; That always Ply the Pump, and never think 5 They can be Safe, but at the Rate they stink; That Live as if they had been Run on Ground, And when they dy, are cast away, and Drownd; That dwel in Ships, like Swarms of Rats, and... | |
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That live as if they had been run a-ground, And, when they die, are cast away and drown'd ; That dwell in ships, like swarms of rats, and prey Upon the goods all nations... 
