 | 1844 - 574 pages
...shore ; And dived as desperately for each piece Of earth, as if it had been of ambergris ; Collecting1 anxiously small loads of clay, Less than what building swallows bear away ; For as with pigmies, who best kills the crane, Among the hungry he that treasures grain, Among the... | |
 | 1810 - 630 pages
...land to shore ; And div'd as desperately for each piece Of earth, as if × had been of ambergris ; Collecting anxiously small loads of clay, Less than what building swallows bear away ; Or than those piles which sordid beetles roul Transfusing into them their dunghill soul. • Pore's. t Henry V. tal... | |
 | 1810 - 620 pages
...land to shore ; And div'd as desperately for each piece Of earth, as if 't had been of ambergris ; Collecting anxiously small loads of clay, Less than what building swallows bear away ; Or than those piles which sordid beetles roul Transfusing into them their dunghill soul. How did they rivet with... | |
 | 1810 - 696 pages
...the land to shore; And div'd as desperately for each piece Of earth, as if 't had been of ambergris ; Collecting anxiously small loads of clay, Less than what building swallows bear away ; Or than those piles which sordid beetles roul Transfusing into them their dunghill soul. * Pope's. t Henry V. T At... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1820 - 432 pages
...each piece Of earth, as if it had been of ambergreece ; .Collecting anxiously small loads of ctay, Less than what building swallows bear away; Or than those pills which sordid beetles rowl, Transfusing into them their dunghill soul. He goes on in a strain of exquisite hyperbole : —... | |
 | Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - 1825 - 392 pages
...land to shore : And div'd as desperately for each piece Of earth, as if 't had been of Atnbergreece ; Collecting anxiously small loads of clay, Less than what building swallows bear away j Or than those pills which sordid beetles row!, Transfusing into them their dunghill soul. How did... | |
 | 1821 - 444 pages
...the land to shore; And dived as desperately for each piece Of earth, as if it had been of ambergris; Collecting anxiously small loads of clay, Less than...beetles roll Transfusing into them their dunghill soul. He goes on in a strain of exquisite hyperbole : — How did they rivet with gigantic piles Thorough... | |
 | 1821 - 488 pages
...the land to shore ; And dived as desperately for each piece Of earth, as if it had been of ambergrisi Collecting anxiously small loads of clay, Less than what building swallows bear away ; How did they rivet with gigantic piles Thorongh the centre of their nnc-catrhtd milet ; And to the... | |
 | 1825 - 392 pages
...land to shore : And div'd as desperately for each piece Of earth, as if 't had been of Ambergreece ; Collecting anxiously small loads of clay, Less than...bear away ; Or than those pills which sordid beetles rowl, Transfusing into them their dunghill soul. How did they rivet, with gigantic piles, Thorough... | |
 | 1825 - 390 pages
...land to shore : And div'd as desperately for each piece Of earth, as if 't had been of Ambergreece ; Collecting anxiously small loads of clay, Less than...bear away ; Or than those pills which sordid beetles rowl, Transfusing into them their dunghill soul. How did they rivet, with gigantic piles, Thorough... | |
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This indigested vomit of the sea Fell to the Dutch by just propriety. Glad then, as miners who have found the ore, They, with mad labour... 
