 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.  Episodes of Insect Life - Page 136by L. M. Budgen - 1850Full view - About this book
 | William Barker Daniel - Fishing - 1813 - 820 pages
...in proportion to its Size, (the Reverse of which, the First of our POETS inculcates, telling us, " That the poor Beetle which we tread upon, In corporal Sufferance feels a Pang as great, As when a GlANT dies,") he ought to know, that, even with every Cabbage he devours,... | |
 | William Barker Daniel - Falconry - 1813 - 568 pages
...in proportion to its Size, (the Reverse of which, the First of our POETS inculcates, telling us, " That the poor Beetle which we tread upon, In corporal Sufferance feels a Pang as great, As when a GIANT dies,") he ought to know, that, even with every Cabbage he devours,... | |
 | Jane Austen - England - 1818 - 338 pages
...that " Trifles light as air, " Are, to the 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 voung woman in love •/ C7 always looks " like... | |
 | William Rhind - National history - 1830 - 376 pages
...mutilation as the larger 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,... | |
 | Jane Austen - 1833 - 464 pages
...— " Trifles light as air, ' Are, to the jealous, confirmation strong, ' As proofe of Holy Writ." That " The poor beetle, which we tread upon, '* In corporal sufferance feels a pang aa great " As when a giant dies." . And that a young woman in love always looks " like Patience... | |
 | John Gorham Palfrey - Apologetics - 1843 - 468 pages
...our own nature, and not to that of lower animals; though such is undoubtedly the fact. The statement, that " the poor beetle which we tread upon, In corporal sufferance, feels a pang as great As when a giant dies," is good poetry, but very bad physiology. The truth is, that... | |
 | Francis Bowen - Apologetics - 1849 - 488 pages
...show of uneasiness after a bird had almost wholly deprived its body of the viscera. The noted saying, that " the poor beetle which we tread upon, In corporal sufferance, feels a pang as great As when a giant dies," however calculated to extend the range of our sympathies, certainly... | |
 | Francis Bowen - Apologetics - 1849 - 500 pages
...show of uneasiness after a bird had almost wholly deprived its body of the viscera. The noted saying, that " the poor beetle which we tread upon, In corporal sufferance, feels a pang as great As when a giant dies," however calculated to extend the range of our sympathies, certainly... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - Women - 1853 - 946 pages
...rest, that 'Trifles, light as air. Are, to the jealous, confirmation strong, As proof» 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... | |
 | Francis Bowen - History - 1855 - 512 pages
...show of uneasiness, after a bird had almost wholly deprived its body of the viscera. The noted saying, that " the poor beetle which we tread upon, In corporal sufferance, feels a pang as great As when a giant dies," however calculated to extend the range of our sympathies, certainly... | |
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