 HOLLAND. A COUNTRY that draws fifty foot of water, In which men live, as in the hold of Nature ; And when the sea does in upon them break, And drown a province, does but spring a leak...  Bentley's Miscellany - 575 ページ1848全文表示 - この書籍について
 | Samuel Butler, Robert Thyer - 1759 - 538 ページ
...And in a clofe Confederacy link, For nothing elfe, but only to hold Drink. DESCRIPTION OF HOLLAND. A Country that draws fifty Foot of Water, In which Men live, as in the Hold of Nature ; And when the Sea does in upon them break, And drown a Province, does but fpring a Lake That always... | |
 | Pomponius Mela - 1761 - 168 ページ
...country. An English poet, years ago, described Holland thus : — " A country that draws fifty feet of water, In which men live as in the hold of nature, And when the sea does in upon them break, And drowns a province, does but spring a leak." Notice the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 376 ページ
...arc done, Has nothing he can call his own, -But a mere livelihood alone. DESCRIPTIO -10 F HOLLAND. A -COUNTRY that draws fifty foot of water, In which men live as in the hold of Nature, And, when the fea does in upon them break, And drowns a province, does but {pring a leak ; That always... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 386 ページ
...Has nothing he can call his own, But a mere livelihood alone. DESCRIPTION OF HOXLAN D. AC OU NTR Y that draws fifty foot of water, In which men live as in the hold of Nature, And, when the fea does in upon thenrbreak, And drowns a province, does but fpring a leak ; That always... | |
 | Sir John Carr - 1807 - 328 ページ
...close, and we entered the river of a country which our Hudibrastic Butler thus pec-- describes : " A country that draws fifty foot of water, " In which men live as in the hold of nature; " And when the sea does In upon them break, " And drowns a province, does but spring a leak; " That... | |
 | Sir John Carr - 1807 - 334 ページ
...close, and we entered the river of a country which our Hudibrasdc Butler thus peevishly describes : " A country that draws fifty foot of water, " In which men live as in the hold of nature; " And when the sea does in upon them break, . " And drowns a province, does but spring a leak; " That... | |
 | Samuel Butler, Samuel Johnson - 1807 - 414 ページ
...done, Has nothing he can call his own, But a mere livelihood alone. DESCRIPTION Or HOLLAND. A conntry that draws fifty foot of water, In which men live as in the hold of Nature, And when the na does in upon them break, And drowns a province, docs but spring a leak ; That always... | |
 | 1807 - 514 ページ
...verse, of which the following half dozen may be sufficient : — " A country that draws fifty feet of water, " In which men live as in the hold of nature; " That always ply the pump, and -.ever think " They ran be safe, but at the rate they stink ; " 1 hat... | |
 | 1821 - 488 ページ
...assistance that his situation required. DoMESTIC HABITS oP THE MoDEHN DUTCH. Oct. 1, 1821. A nunitey that draws fifty foot of water, In which men live as in the hold of nature ; And when the sea does in upon them break, And drowiu a province, does but spring a leak. That Teed,... | |
 | 1821 - 444 ページ
...production of this interesting yonng bard. D piece of exaggeration respecting Holland, which he describes as A country that draws fifty foot of water, In which men live as in the hold «/" nature; And when the sea does in upon them break, . • And drowns a province, does but spring... | |
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