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" The sun had long since, in the lap Of Thetis, taken out his nap, And, like a lobster boil'd, the morn From black to red began to turn... "
Hudibras: In Three Parts : Written in the Time of the Late Wars - Page 153
by Samuel Butler - 1805 - 384 pages
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The Historical, biographical, literary, and scientific magazine ..., Volume 2

Robert Bisset - 1800 - 678 pages
...passions or sentiments of those animals. And a respectable friend, who entertains us with a merry • The sun had long since in the lap Of Thetis taken out his nap , And, like a lobster boil'd, the morn, From black to red began to turn. Rtdiknt, But ii, Ctxii I,...
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The Poetical Works of Samuel Butler: In Three Volumes. Collated with the ...

Samuel Butler, Thomas Park - 1808 - 506 pages
...maintain what their sect averr'd. All which the Knight and Sqnire, in wrath, Had like to' have snffer'd for their faith ; Each striving to make good his own, As by the seqnel shall be shown. The snn had long since, in the lap Of Thetis, taken ont his nap, And, like a...
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Letters on Literature, Taste, and Composition, Addressed to His Son

George Gregory - 1809 - 384 pages
...combination is made in the very words, as in the passage of Hudibras. quoted by, I think, Lord Kaimes " The sun had long since in the lap " Of Thetis taken out his nap ; " And, like a lobster boil'd, the morn " From black to red begun to turn." » Also what Dryden makes...
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Essays: on the Nature and Immutability of Truth, in Opposition to ..., Volume 6

James Beattie - 1809 - 406 pages
...so " it is said, we may imagine a transient infe» riority, either real or assumed, even in a per* The sun had long since in the lap Of Thetis taken out his nap, And like a lobster boil'd, the morn From .black to red began to turn. " son whom we admire; and that,...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including ..., Volume 8

Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 654 pages
...maintain what their sect averr'd. All which the knight and squire, in wrath, Hid like t' have sufier'd for their faith; Each striving to make good his own, As by the sequel shall be shown. Tue Fan had'long since, in the lap Of Thetis, taken out his nap, -tad, like a lobster boil'd, the Mom...
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Lectures on Rhetoric and Oratory: Delivered to the Classes of ..., Volume 2

John Quincy Adams - 1810 - 414 pages
...now see how the same natural phenomenon, the return of morning, is exhibited in Butler's Hudibras. The sun had long since in the lap Of Thetis taken out his nap , And, like a lobster boil'd, the morn From black to red began to turn. Here, as in the passage from...
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Hudibras: Poem, Volume 1

Samuel Butler - 1812 - 876 pages
...maintain what their sect averr'd, All which the Knight and Squire in wrath 25 Had like t' have auifer'd for their faith. Each striving to make good his own, As by the sequel shall be shown. The sim had long since, in the lap Of Thetis, taken out his nap; 30 And like a Inb.-ter boil'd, the morn,...
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The Lectures, Corrected and Improved, which Have Been Delivered ..., Volume 1

Samuel Stanhope Smith - 1812 - 350 pages
...betwcen certain qualities of some mean, and some noble object. Such is that very noted one of Hudibras; ••The sun had, long since, in the lap • Of Thetis, taken out his nap ; And, like a lobster boil'd, the mom From black to red began to turn." This short sentence contains...
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Elements of Criticism, Volume 2

Lord Henry Home Kames - 1816 - 452 pages
...putting on, With entering manfully and urging ; Not slow approaches, like a virgin. . .,!,, • Canto i., The sun had long since in the lap Of Thetis taken out his nap; And, like a lobster boil'd, the morn From black to red began to turn. * Part II. canto ii. Books, like...
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His Memoirs and Poetry

Charles Frederick Bennett - 1817 - 174 pages
...clime " Advancing, sow'd the earth with orient pearl." or as Butler less dignified expresses it, " The sun had long since in the lap " Of Thetis taken out his nap ; " And, like a lobster boil'd, the morn f Froni black to red began to turn." This latter description...
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