 | Staff - 1846 - 626 páginas
...the language of Hudibras— " Like as a dog who turns the spit, Bestirs himself, and moves his feet To climb the wheel; but all in vain, His own weight brings him down again." Your committee feel that it is unnecessary to offer any further observations on the importance of the... | |
 | 1852 - 394 páginas
...pann upon a horse's back. Turnspit. " a dog that turns the spit, Bestirs himself, and plies his feet To climb the wheel ; but all in vain, His own weight brings him back again, And still he's in the self-same place Where, at his setting out, he was." — Hudibras.... | |
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But as a dog that turns the spit Bestirs himself, and plies his feet To climb the wheel, but all in vain, His own weight brings him down again: And still he's in the self-same place Where at his setting out he was... 
