...the enormous appetites of their devourers, the truth of these lines is well illustrated : " Big floas have little fleas upon their backs to bite 'em, And...little fleas have lesser fleas, and so ad infinitum." After these remarks, Mr. BACON, of New Haven, presented to the convention some Isabella grapes which...

...must be a barrier somewhere. No doubt, as a chemist, he would have rejected the famous couplet — Big fleas have little fleas, upon their backs, to bite 'em ; And little fleas have smaller fleas, and so ad infinitum. " Let the divisions be ever so minute," he said, " the number of...

...must regard the.se troublesome enemies with the philosophy thus expressed by a modern writer : " Great fleas have little fleas upon their backs to bite 'em. And little fleas have lesser fleas and so nil inftnitum ; And the great fleas themselves in turn have greater fleas to go on, While these again...

...hand, of our planets and stars as being particles in some larger universe, and so up, for ever. Great fleas have little fleas upon their backs to bite 'em,...little fleas have lesser fleas, and so ad infinitum. And the great fleas themselves, in turn, have greater fleas to go on ; While these again have greater...

...as being particles in some larger universe, and so up, for ever. Great fleas have little fleas npon their backs to bite 'em, And little fleas have lesser fleas, and so ad infinilum, And the great fleas themselves, in turn, have greater fleas to go on ; "While these again...

...are sources of annoyance everywhere. Dean Swift has told us of this one in particular, that — " Big fleas have little fleas, Upon their backs to bite 'em ; And little fleas have still less fleas, And so ad infinitum." I am happy to say that this source of annoyance has entirely...

...incomprehensible.'" This theory irresistibly reminds us of Br. Johnson's — ' Big fleas have little fleas U pou their backs to bite 'em ; And little fleas have lesser fleas, And во, ad infiitittn/i.' We must allow that it is an attractive theory, especially when applied to the...

...still to bite 'cm ; And so proceed ad infl,titum. — Ibid., Poetry, аЛ1щwody. Fleas. — Great FLEAs have little fleas Upon their backs, to bite 'em ; And little fleas have lexser ileax, And so ud infinitum. — I,OWELL, Biyloin I'll/pers. Flesh. — О FLESH, flesh, how...

...proceed ad in,jinitum. — Ibid., Poetry, aRharptody. Fleas — Great PLEAS have little fleas TTpon their backs, to bite 'em ; And little fleas have lesser fleas, And so ad infinitum. — LOWELL, Siglow Papers. Flesh. — O FLESH, flesh, how art thou fishified ! SHAKESPERE, Romeo and...

...are at incessant warfare among themselves, and that we form the prey of the stronger party." " Big fleas have little fleas upon their backs to bite 'em,...little fleas have lesser fleas, and so ad infinitum. " " Be this as it may, we are at any rate intimately bound up with, and, so to speak, at the mercy...