 | Francis Henry Underwood - 1875 - 660 pages
...only tease and pinch Their foes superior by an inchSo, naturalists observe, a flea Has smalK-r fie is that on him prey; And these have smaller still to bite 'em, And so proceed ad infinitum. Thus every poe-t, in hi s kind, Is bit by him th n comes behind : Who, though too little to be seen,... | |
 | Arthur Cayley Headlam - 1895 - 552 pages
...able thus to mix himself up with them, the well-worn lines of Swift irresistibly occur to us — ' So naturalists observe, a flea Has smaller fleas that...smaller still to bite 'em, And so proceed ad infinitum.' And we fancy the ultimate point has been fairly reached in St. Andrews and Elsewhere. There is much... | |
 | 1877 - 466 pages
...which, if he is successful, he deserves the thanks of the entire community), is to me a problem. " So, naturalists observe a flea Has smaller fleas that...still to bite 'em, And so proceed, ad infinitum." It is not exactly snobbishness. It is merely the effects of the wall of ice which separates the classes.... | |
 | Charles Henri Leonard - 1879 - 324 pages
...normal suit of hirsute covering. CHAPTER XXIV. DERMATOZOA. ANIMAL PARASITES, GENERAL CHAPTER UPON. " So, naturalists observe, a flea Has smaller fleas...still to bite 'em ; And so proceed ad infinitum." — Jonathan Swift. Derivation. From the two Greek words dep/ja, meaning -skin, and Zooov an animal.... | |
 | Charles Mills - 1879 - 398 pages
...instant comprises.* Shepherd. Ye remind me o' Swift's lines — " So, naturalists observe, a flea Hath smaller fleas that on him prey ; And these have smaller still to bite 'em, And so proceed ad infinitum? But havna ye shifted to anither subjeck ? North. No, for Mr. Spencer urges as an argument against free-will... | |
 | Charles Mills - 1879 - 440 pages
...instant comprises.* Shepherd. Ye remind me o' Swift's lines — " So, naturalists observe, a flea Hath smaller fleas that on him prey ; And these have smaller still to bite 'cm, And so proceed ad infinitu1n." But havna ye shifted to anither subjeck ? North. No, for Mr. Spencer... | |
 | 1879 - 578 pages
...turn to the original, Poetry, a Rhapsody, by Jonathan Swift, we shall find the passage to run thus : " So naturalists observe, a flea Has smaller fleas that...have smaller still to bite 'em, And so proceed ad in/initum." JCM PLOUGHING (OR RATHER HARROWING) BY THE HORSE'S TAIL (5th S. x. 366, 503 ; xi. 77 ;... | |
 | 1880 - 902 pages
...booty. Animals within animals ; life within life. There is literal truth in the satirical passage : " So, naturalists observe, a flea Has smaller fleas...have smaller still to bite 'em, And so proceed, ad injinitum." The variety of animal food is, therefore, as broad as animated nature. Hence, we find great... | |
 | Joseph Angus - 1880 - 726 pages
...only tease and pinch Their foes superior by an inch. So, naturalists observe, a flea Hath smaller 8eas that on him prey ; And these have smaller still to bite 'em, And so proceed ad infnitum. Thus every poet in his kind Is bit by him that comes behind : Who, though too little to be... | |
 | John McGovern - 1880 - 762 pages
...every creature Lives in a state of war by nature. 2. So, naturalists observe, a Rea Has smaller !lea- that on him prey ; And these have smaller still to bite 'em ; And so prccecd, ad infinitinn. A passage in Plutarch's " Life of Theseus " furnished a theme which Swift thus... | |
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So, naturalists observe, a flea Has smaller fleas that on him prey; And- these have smaller still to bite 'em, And so proceed ad infinitum. 
