...some noble objeet. Sueh is that very noted one of Iludibras; " The sun had, long siuee, in the lap Of Thetis, taken out his nap ; And, like a lobster boil'd, the morn From blaek to red began to turn." This short sentenee eontains a double eontrast of the same ridieulous...

...will not be easy to select two lines that have more wit, than his description of the morning. " Now, like a 'lobster boil'd, the morn " From black to red began to turn." This is appropriate to either city or country. In Mr. Hogarth' s Four Times of the Day, ere is only...

...his mother, " how much you used to admire one burlesque simile which he was often repeating— ' Now, like a lobster boil'd, the morn From black to red began to turn — ' " " Dear me ! yes, to be sure I do ; and - that was by Hudibras, was it ? " St. Aubyn finding...

...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 a double contrast of the same ridiculous...

...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 men their authors, have but one way of coming into the world; but...

...manfully and urging; Not slow approaches, like a virgin. Canto 1. 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 2. And in this the world may perceive the difference between the integrity of a generous...

...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 did not present itself to, my mind on...

...First, wit may be said to arise from a ludicrous comparison : — ' And now had Phoebus 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, part ii. canto "2. Here there is no real connexion between a lobster boiling and the morn,...

...striving to make good his own, As by the sequel shall be shown. The Sun had long since, in the lap Of Thetis, taken out his nap, And, like a lobster...red began to turn ; When Hudibras, whom thoughts and aching TVixt sleeping kept, all night, and waking, Began to rub his drowsy eyes, And from his couch...

...of night into day, to the change of colour in a boiled lobster. " The sun had long since, in the lap Of Thetis, taken out his nap; And, like a lobster...red, began to turn : When Hudibras, whom thoughts and aching 'Twixt sleeping kept all night, and waking, Began to rub his drowsy eyes, And from his couch...