...that the converse of our great poet's conclusion, "The poor beetle that we tread upon, In corporeal sufferance feels a pang as great As when a giant dies," must be nearer the truth. A humble bee (Apis terrestris,) for example, will eat honey with greediness, although deprived...

...Paternoster.Rou; London. PRICE ONE SHILLING. I BY THE AUTHOR OF « THE JUVENILE MORALISTS." " The poorest beetle that we tread upon In corporal sufferance feels a pang as great As when a giant dies." PRINTED BY AND FOR HOULSTON AND SON. And sold at their Warehouse, 65, Paternoster-Row, London. MDCCCXXIX....

...converse of our great poet's conclusion, 1M *«•*•'. . i The poor beetle that we tread npon, nf -la corporal sufferance, feels a pang as great As when a giant dies/ tris) for example, will eat honey with greediness, althongh deprived of its abdomen, and an ant will...

...animals ; hence the observation of the great dramatist is so far incorrect, that " The poor beetle which we tread upon, In corporal sufferance feels a pang as great As when a giant dies." " Had a giant lost an arm or a leg," say these eminent entomologists, (Kirby and Spence,) " or were...

...fox-hunters labour under, in the torments we inflict upon the animal world. Shakespeare says, " Tim poor beetle that we tread upon, In corporal sufferance feels a pang as irr*at As when a giant dies 1" I am not able to say, exactly, how long the Linlithgow hounds have been...

...object of commiseration. For God doth take care for cattle. " And the poor beetle that we tread on, In corporal sufferance feels a pang as great as When a giant dies." It is, however, towards his brethren of the human race that man's compassion should especially be extended....

...jealous, confirmation strong, " As proofs of Holy Writ." That " The poor beetle, which we tread'upon, " In corporal sufferance feels a pang as great *' As when a giant dies." „ And that a young woman in love always looks ** like Patience on a monument ** Smiling at Grief.",...

..." A variety of facts being adduced to prove the converse of the great poet's conclusion, that " The poor beetle that we tread upon. In corporal sufferance feels a pang as great As when a giant dies" — it is added, " These facts, out of hundreds that might be adduced, are surely sufficient to prove...

...despair, if they were not cherished by our virtues. The sense of death is most in apprehension ; And the poor beetle that we tread upon, In corporal sufferance, feels a pang as great, As when a giant dies. How far the little candle throws his beam ! So shines a good deed in a naughty world. Love all, trust...

...because tbey are upon one level as to the suffering of pain: ' The poor beetle, that we tread upon, ID corporal sufferance feels a pang as great As when a giant dies/ " But I insist," proceeded Mr. Paulett, " upon this view of my subject, chiefly because it is too much...