Comparative physiognomy; or, Resemblances between men and animals . THE HOG. 181 The hog is an aristocratic individual, as is seen in thedescription of the person who bears a resemblance to him,and in various other hoggish dispositions that have not beenmentioned. It is easy tosee that the Hermit ofBelly-full is hospitableto himself, and has nokindness to waste on chil-dren or on anybody is partial to his own Jsociety, and dreads the approach of a guest, for he has nothing to spare—he has nomore than he wants himself. He looks as if he were saying,What have you come here for? — as if h
Comparative physiognomy; or, Resemblances between men and animals . THE HOG. 181 The hog is an aristocratic individual, as is seen in thedescription of the person who bears a resemblance to him,and in various other hoggish dispositions that have not beenmentioned. It is easy tosee that the Hermit ofBelly-full is hospitableto himself, and has nokindness to waste on chil-dren or on anybody is partial to his own Jsociety, and dreads the approach of a guest, for he has nothing to spare—he has nomore than he wants himself. He looks as if he were saying,What have you come here for? — as if he would say thisto his first-begotten; and as if to the second he would say,Ive more mouths than I can feed already; and as if to abeggar he would say, I ve nothing for you: get you gone,you dog you! It may be that after dinner he will be good-natured, for the hog is good-natured when he is full, but thisdoes not make him benevolent. Eating is his principal em-ployment, and he spends a share of his time in measuring hisdimensions by the quantity of air or wat
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