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" Having no natural business or diversion — nothing to occupy his brain — the whole powers of his system are directed to the digestion of a superabundance of food. To encourage this, nature assists him with sleep, which lulling his better faculties,... "
Glimpses of Irish Industries - Page 8
by John Bowles Daly - 1889 - 235 pages
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 50

William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1834 - 590 pages
...its arrival. Having no natural business or diversion within reach — nothing to occupy his brain — the whole powers of his system are directed to the...become the ruling power of his system — a tyrant, that can bear no one's presence but his own. The poor pig, thus treated, gorges himself — sleeps...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 50

William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1834 - 600 pages
...its arrival. Having no natural business or diversion within reach — nothing to occupy his brain — the whole powers of his system are directed to the...become the ruling power of his system — a tyrant, that can bear no one's presence but his own. The poor pig, thus treated, gorges himself — sleeps—...
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Southern Literary Messenger, Volume 2

1835 - 842 pages
...greedily, greets its arrival. Having no natural business or diversion — nothing to occupy his brain — the whole powers of his system are directed to the...nature assists him with sleep, which lulling his better facullies, leads his stomach to become the ruling power of his system — a tyrant that can bear no...
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Bubbles from the Brunnens of Nassau

Sir Francis Bond Head - 1835 - 310 pages
...greedily, greets its arrival. Having no natural business or diversion — nothing to occupy his brain — the whole powers of his system are directed to the...become the ruling power of his system— a tyrant that can bear no one's presence but his own. The poor pig , thus treated , gorges himself — sleeps...
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The Republic of Letters: A Weekly Republication of Standard Literature, Volume 5

1836 - 428 pages
...greedily, greets its arrival. Having no natural business or diversion — nothing to occupy his brain — the whole powers of his system are directed to the...become the ruling power of his system — a tyrant that can bear no one's presence but his own. The poor pig, thus treated, gorges himself — sleeps...
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Bubbles from the Brunnens of Nassau

Sir Francis Bond Head - 1843 - 358 pages
...grcedily, grcets its arrival. Having no natural business or diversion — nothing to oceupy his brain — the whole powers of his system are directed to the digestion of a superabundanee of food. To eneourage this, Nature assists him with slcep, which lulling his better...
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The pig: a treatise on the breeds, management, feeding, and medical ...

William Youatt - 1847 - 186 pages
...greedily, greets its arrival. Having no natural business or diversion, nothing to occupy his brain, the whole powers of his system are directed to the...become the ruling power of his system — a tyrant that can bear no one's presence but his own. The poor pig thus treated gorges himself — sleeps —...
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Pen and Pencil, Volume 1

1853 - 844 pages
...occupy his hours — the whole power of his system is devoted to the digestion of a superabu ndance of food. To encourage this, nature assists him with...become the ruling power of his system — a tyrant who can bear no one's presence but his own. The poor pig thus treated, gorges himself, sleeps, eats...
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The Three Days of Wensleydale: The Valley of the Yore

William Gideon Michael Jones Barker - 1854 - 380 pages
...arrival. Having no paternal business or diversion within reach — nothing to occupy his brain — the whole powers of his system are directed to the...become the ruling power of his system — a tyrant, that can bear no one's presence but his own. The poor pig, thus treated, gorges himself — sleeps...
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The Three Days of Wensleydale: The Valley of the Yore

William Gideon Michael Jones Barker - 1854 - 366 pages
...paternal business or diversion within reach — nothing to occupy his brain — the whole powers of h,s system are directed to the digestion of a superabundance...become the ruling power of his system — a tyrant, that can bear no one's presence but his own. The poor pig, thus treated, gorges himself — sleeps...
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