...rather, in 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...

...by continued exercise in a kind of tread wheel. " 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 back again, And still he "s in the self-same place Where, at his setting out, he was." Hudibra*. According...

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...old dog at physiology : But, as a dog that turns the spit, Bestirs himself, and plies his feet 210 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 : So in the circle of the arts 215...