 | William Hayley - Authors, English - 1803 - 452 pages
...miser . Within that house secure he hides, When danger imminent betides Of storm, or other harm besides Give but his horns the slightest touch, His self-collecting...power is such, He shrinks into his house, with much Where'er he dwells, he dwells alone, Except himself has chattels none, Well-satisfied to be his own... | |
 | William Cowper - 1803 - 442 pages
...Corydone, Strophon. Si tua cum reliquis confertur amica puellis, Nou ea vel sola est ferreai tuve miser ^ Within that house secure he hides, When danger imminent betides Of storm, or other harm besides Give but his horns the slightest touch, His self-collecting power ib such, He shrinks into his house,... | |
 | William Hayley - 1806 - 488 pages
...miser. 384 THE SNAIL. J- O grass, or leaf, or fruit, or wall, The Snail sticks close, nor fears to fall, As if he grew there, house and all together....power is such, He shrinks into his house, with much UMAX, displeasure! rRONDIBUS et pomis, herbisque tenaciter haetet Limax, et secum portat ubique domum,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 486 pages
...tuve miser. 383 THfi SNAIL. AO grass, or leaf, or fruit, or wallj The Snail sticks close, nor fears to fall, As if he grew there, house and all together....self-collecting power is such, He shrinks into his hoilsei, with much displeasure ! UMAX, JRONDIBUS et pomis, hcrbisque tenaciter haelet Limax, et secum... | |
 | William Cowper - 1809 - 472 pages
...miser. 389 THE SNAIL. v , To grass, or leaf, or fruit or wall, The Snail sticks close, nor fears to fall, As if he grew there, house and all Together....betides Of storm, or other harm besides Of weather. Give b«t his horns the slightest- touch, His self-collecting power is such, He shrinks into his house,... | |
 | William Cowper, William Hayley - 1812 - 446 pages
...tuve miser. 359 THE SNAIL. To grass, or leaf, or fruit, or wall, The Snail sticks close, nor fears to fall, As if he grew there, house and all Together....He shrinks into his house, with much Displeasure. LIMAX. FRONDIBUS, et pomis, herbisque tenaciter haeret Limax, et secum portat ubique domum. Tutus in... | |
 | William Hayley - 1812 - 450 pages
...tuve miser. 359 THE SNAIL. To grass, or leaf, or fruit, or wall, The Snail sticks close, nor fears to fall, As if he grew there, house and all Together....He shrinks into his house, with much Displeasure. LIMAX. FROND IBUSJ et pomis, herbisque tenaciter haeret Limax, et secum portat ubique domum. Tutus... | |
 | William Cowper - 1815 - 434 pages
...dkeris esse domi. THE SNAIL. To grass, or leaf, or fruit, or wall, The Snail sticks close, nor fears to fall, As if he grew there, house and all Together....house, with much Displeasure. Where'er he dwells, he dwells alone, Except himself has chattels none, Well satisfied to be his own Whole treasure. Thus,... | |
 | Almanacs, English - 1816 - 420 pages
...observes, ' Most 1 Within his house secure be hides, When danger imminent betides Of storm, or other barm besides Of weather. Give but his horns the slightest...house with much Displeasure. Where'er he dwells, he dwells alone, Except himself has chattels none, Well satisfied to be his own Whole treasure. Thus,... | |
 | Joseph Taylor - Insects - 1817 - 266 pages
...like horn. COWPER gives the following pretty description of this animal : — The SNAIL. WITHIN his house secure he hides, When danger imminent betides...with much • Displeasure. Where'er he dwells, he dwells alone, Except himself has chattels none, Well satisfied to be his own, Whole treasure. Thus,... | |
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THE SNAIL. To grass, or leaf, or fruit, or wall, The Snail sticks close, nor fears to fall, As if he grew there, house and all Together. Within that house secure he hides, When danger imminent betides Of storm, or other harm besides Of weather. Give but... 
