 No nail to fix, no bodkin to insert, No glue to join; his little beak was all: And yet how neatly finished 1 What nice hand, With every implement and means of art, And twenty years' apprenticeship to boot, Could make me such another?  The Vision and Creed of Piers Ploughman - Page 539by William Langland - 1856Full view - About this book
 | Tobias Smollett - Books - 1789 - 594 pages
...' But moft of all it wins my admiration, To view the ftruclure of this little work, A bird's neft. Mark it well, within, without. ,No tool had he that...wrought, no knife to cut, No nail to fix, no bodkin to inferr, No glue to join ; his little beak was all. And yet how neatly finiflj'd. What nice hand With... | |
 | James Hurdis - Clergy - 1790 - 154 pages
...day. But moft of all it wins my admiration, To view the ftructure of this little work, A bird's neft. Mark it well, within, without. No tool, had he that...wrought, no knife to cut, No nail to fix, no bodkin to infert, No glue to join ; his little beak was all. And yet how neatly finifh'd. What nice hand With... | |
 | James Hurdis - Clergy - 1793 - 160 pages
...all it wins rny .admiration, ' . To view the flru£lur« of this little work, * * * > A .bird's neft. Mark it well, within, without. No tool, had he that wrought, no knife to'cafj l No nail to fix, no bodkin to infert>; No glue to join i his little beak was 'all. And yet... | |
 | Priscilla Wakefield - Anecdotes - 1798 - 372 pages
...But mod of all, it wins my admiration, " To view the ftrufture of this little work, " A bird's-neft. Mark it well, within, without : " No tool had he,...wrought, no knife to cut, " No nail to fix, no bodkin to infcrt, " No " No glue to join, his little beak was all. «• And yet how neatly finiftied. What nice... | |
 | Elizabeth Frank - Anecdotes - 1813 - 158 pages
...immediately she opened her hand, and set the little captive free." • .;: CHAPTER XXVI. THE BIRD'S NEST. It wins my admiration, To view the structure of this...work, A Bird's nest. Mark it well, within, without. Xo tool had he that wrought; no knife to cut; No nail to fix; no bodkin to insert; No glue to join... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - Arts - 1816 - 316 pages
...arrive in autumn and leave us in the spring. Tt wins my admiration To view the structure of that httle work— A bird's nest. Mark it well within, without; No tool had he that wrought; DO knife to cut; No nail to fix ; no bodkin to insert; No glue to join : bis little beak was all;—... | |
 | Alexander Jamieson - Natural history - 1821 - 448 pages
...genial warmth of the parent sitting upon them. It wins my admiration To view the structure of that little work— A bird's nest. Mark it well within, without; No tool had he that wrought; no knife to cat; No-nail to fix; no bodkin to insert; No glue to join: his little beak was all;— And yet how... | |
 | 1838 - 504 pages
...interfere with another." — Duncan's Seasons,. " It wins my admiration, To view the structure of that little work — A bird's nest. Mark it well, within,...had he that wrought ; no knife to cut ; No nail to ni ; no bodkin to insert, No glue to join ; his little beak was all | And yet, how neatly finish'd... | |
 | Rev. W. Hutton - Natural history - 1822 - 306 pages
...them a durability proportionate to their wants. " It wins my admiration, To view the structure of that little work, A bird's nest ; mark it well within,...without, No tool had he that wrought, no knife to cut, Jf o .nail to fix, no bodkin to insert, No glue to join ! his little beak was all ! And yet how neatly... | |
 | Education - 1823 - 624 pages
...constructed with so much art, as baffles the utmost human ingenuity to imitate them. Cowper says: " Mark it well, within, without; No tool had he that wrought, no knife to out, No nail to fix, no bodkin to insert, No glue to join; his little beak was all; . And yet, how... | |
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