 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...  Anecdotes of Remarkable Insects: Selected from Natural History, and ... - Pàgina 172per Joseph Taylor - 1817 - 224 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
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...— gaiety transfiguring all that dread. 2 William Cowper: Invitations to the Microcosm Within that house secure he hides, When danger imminent betides...He shrinks into his house, with much Displeasure. — "The Snail" WILLIAM COWPER also tries, through epistolary "Cordials" and geographical seclusion... | |
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...For except when ho is inside it his house is unfurnished. There is nothing to levy upon : " Wherein he dwells, he dwells alone, Except himself has chattels...none, Well satisfied to be his own Whole treasure." It is Davenant who calls it the " nimble" snail, " hast'ning with all his tenements on his back." And... | |
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