 | Jonathan Swift - 1803 - 386 sider
...others do as much for him. SWIFT'S POEMS. So, naturalists observe, a flea Has smaller fleas that on him prey ; And these have smaller still to bite 'em, And so proceed ad mfnttum. Thus every poet, in his kind, Is bit by him that comes behind : Who, though too little to... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1808 - 558 sider
...pinch Their foes superior by an inch. 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. Thus, every poet, in his kind, Is bit by him that comes behind : Who, though too little to be seen,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 560 sider
...pinch Their foes superior by an inch. So, naturalists observe, a flea I lath smaller fleas that on him prey ; And these have smaller still to bite 'em. And so proceed ad infinitum. Thus every poet in his kind Is bit by him that comes behind : Who, though too little to be seen, Can... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 562 sider
...pinch Their foes superior by an inch. So, naturalists observe, a flea rlath smaller fleas that on him prey ; And these have smaller still to bite 'em, And so proceed ad infimtum. Thus every poet in his kind Is bit by him that comes behind : Who, though too little to be... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1812 - 832 sider
...pinch Their foes superior by an inch. So, naturalists observe, a flea Has smaller fleas that on him prey ; And these have smaller still to bite 'em, And so proceed adinfinitwn. Thus every poet, in his kind, Is bit by him that comes behind : Who, though too little... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1814 - 534 sider
...pinch Their foes superior by an inch. 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. Thus every poet, in his kind, Is bit by him that comes behind : Who, though too little to be seen,,... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, Walter Scott - 1814 - 524 sider
...pinch Their foes superior by an inch. So, naturalists observe, a flea Has smaller fleas that on him prey ; And these have smaller still to bite 'em, And so proceed ad inftnitinn. Thus every poet, in his kind, Is bit by him that comes behind : ' Who, though too little... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 418 sider
...pinch Their foes superior by an inch. So, naturalists observe, a flea Hath smaller fleas that on him prey ; And these have smaller still to bite 'em, And so proceed ad injinitum. Thus every poet in his kind Is bit by him that comes behind: Who, though too little to be... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 402 sider
...pinch Their foes superior by an inch, 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. Thus every poet in his kind Is bit by him that comes behind : Who, though too little to be seen, Can... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - 1824 - 406 sider
...pinch Their foes superior by an inch. So naturalists observe a flea Hath smaller fleas, that on him prey ; And these have smaller still to bite 'em, And so proceed ml infinitum. Thus every poet in his kind Is bit by him that comes behind, Who, though too little to... | |
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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. 
