 | James Parton - 1856 - 700 pages
...hold of Nature • And when the sea does in upon them break, And drown a province, does but spring a leak; That always ply the pump, and never think They...drown'd; That dwell in ships, like swarms of rats, and prey Upon the goods all nations' fleets convey; And, when their merchants are blown up and cracked,... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1857 - 366 pages
...pains are done, Has nothing he can call his own, But a mere livelihood alone. DESCRIPTION OF HOLLAND. That always ply the pump, and never think They can...drown'd ; That dwell in ships, like swarms of rats, and prey Upon the goods all nations' fleets convey ; And, when their merchants are blown up and crackt,... | |
 | John Murray (Firm), John Murray (publishers.) - 1858 - 676 pages
...and never think They can be safe, but at the rate they sink : . ; That live as if they had been rim 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' fleets convey ; And when their merchants are blown up and crack'd,... | |
 | 1858 - 554 pages
...sate, bat at the rate they sink; That live, as if they had been run aground, And whon they die, arc 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,... | |
 | Merchant - 1859 - 368 pages
...when the sea does in upon them break, And drowns a province, does but spring a leak. ****•• Who always ply the pump and never think They can be safe but at the rate they sink." This description is literally true of North Holland. The Dutch have here built an immense levee... | |
 | Joel Edson Rockwell - 1860 - 356 pages
...his Hudibras : " 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, A land that rides at anchor, and is moored 1 In which they do not live, but — go aboard... | |
 | Daniel Clarke Eddy - 1860 - 268 pages
...several views she had that day purchased. " I will try. Butler speaks of the Dutch as people ' Who always ply the pump, and never think They can be safe, but at the rate they sink ; They live as if they had been run aground, And when they die are cast away and drowned ; That... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1855 - 264 pages
...the hold of nature; And when the sea does in upon them break, And drown a province, does but spring a leak; That always ply the pump, and never think They...run a-ground, And, when they die, are cast away, and drowned ; That dwell in ships, like swarms of rats, and prey Upon the goods all other nations' fleets... | |
 | R. R - 1862 - 140 pages
...— and reminding one of Hudibras's humorous allusion to these worthy Hollanders. He says : — They always ply the pump, and never think They can be safe, but at the rate they sink ; They live, as if they had been run aground, And when they die, are east away and drown'd. They... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1866 - 324 pages
...break, And drowns a province, does but spring a leak ; That always ply the pump, and never think s They can be safe, but at the rate they stink ; That...drown'd ; That dwell in ships, like swarms of rats, and prey Upon the goods all nations' fleets convey ; 10 And, when their merchants are blown up and... | |
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That live as if they had been run a-ground, 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... 
