 | Pomponius Mela - 1761 - 168 Seiten
...those. — " 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 dwell in ships, like swarms of rats, and prey Upon the goods all nations'... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 738 Seiten
...fpring a leak; That always ply the pump, and never think They can be fafe, but at the rate they ftink ; That live as if they had been run aground, And, when...they die, are caft away and drown'd ; That dwell in mips, like fwarms of rats, and prey Upon the goods all nations ' fleets convey ; And, when their merchants... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 386 Seiten
...fpring a leak ; That always ply the pump, and never think They can be fafe, but at the rate they ftink ; That live as if they had been run aground, And, when they die, are caft a\Viy and drown'd ; That dwell in fhips, like fwarms of rats, and prey Upon the goods all nations'... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1803 - 522 Seiten
...a lake ; That alwavs ply the pump, and never think 3 They can be fafe,but at the, rate they ftink ; That live as if they had been run aground, And, when...they die, are caft away and drown'd ; That dwell in fhips, like fwarms of rats, and prey Upon the goods all nations' fleets convey-, 10 And, when their... | |
 | sir John Carr - 1807 - 538 Seiten
...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....of rats, and prey. . *' Upon the goods all nations ships convey ; '• And when their merchants are blown up and crack ' Whole towns are cast away in... | |
 | Sir John Carr - 1807 - 334 Seiten
...leak; " That always ply the pump, and never think " They can be safe, 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 " Upon the goods all nations'... | |
 | Sir John Carr - 1807 - 328 Seiten
...leak; " That always ply the pump, and never think " Tlicj' can be safe, 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 " Upon the goods all nations'... | |
 | Samuel Butler, Samuel Johnson - 1807 - 414 Seiten
...spring a leak ; That always ply the pump, and never think They can be safe, 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'... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 654 Seiten
...spring a leak; That always ply the pump, and never think They can be safe, but at the rate they stink ; xne smooth stream, about to drink, Surveying there his armed head, cast away and drown'd} That dwell in ships, like swarms of rats, and prey Cpon the goods all nations'... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 312 Seiten
...leak; 17. BB That always ply the pump, and never think They can be safe, 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 Upon the goods all nations'... | |
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In which men live as in the hold of Nature, And when the sea does in upon them break, And... 
