...As by the sequel shall be shown. The sun had long since in the lap Of Thetis taken out his nap, 3O And, like a lobster boil'd, the morn From black to...red began to turn : When Hudibras, whom thoughts and aking 'Twixt sleeping kept all night and waking, Began to rub his drowsy eyes, 35 And from his couch...

...black, being made red by boiling."—Grose. Butler's ingenious simile will occur to the reader:— When, like a lobster boil'd, the Morn From black to red began to turn. 'J- Ordained—ie become clergymen. § Transported. ** Child.—Hence our useful word, kidnapper—to...

...being made red by boiling." — Grose. Butler's ingenious simile will occur to the reader :— When, like a lobster boil'd, the Morn From black to red began to turn. •f- Ordained — ie become clergymen. § Transported. ** Child. — Hence our useful word, kidnapper...

...mean the herb in use, That always goes along with goose) ( How have I feasted on thy page ! " When like a lobster boil'd, the morn From black to red began to turn," Till midnight, when I went to bed, And clapp'd my tewah-diddle* on my head. Who is there cannot tell,...

...to examples. 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...boil'd, the morn From black to red began to turn. Hudibras, part ii. canto 2Here there is no real connexion between a lobster boiling, and the morn,...

...to examples. 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 moru From black to red began to turn. Hudibras, part ii. canto 2. Here there is no real connexion between...

...however, to observe how differently these great masters manage a similar turn of thought: Butler. " And, like a lobster boil'd, the morn " From black to red began to him." Lord Byron.. . " parting day " Dies like the dolphin, whom each pang imbues " With a new colour,...

...however, to observe how differently these great masters manage a similar turn of thought : Butler. " And, like a lobster boil'd, the morn " From black to red began to turn." Lord Byron. ,....,....,..,..,..,,............ " parting day " Dies like the dolphin, whom each pang...

...direction of the author's ideas. The following description of morning is equally original : — Now, like a lobster boil'd, the morn From black to red began to turn. The following accumulation of similitudes in Swift's Tale of a Tub may amuse at once from their oddity,...

...wiiat their sect averr'd. All which the Knight and Squire, in wrath, 25 Had like t' have suffer 'd for their faith ; Each striving to make good his own,...long since, in the lap Of Thetis, taken out his nap, 30 And, like a lobster boil'd, the morn From black to red began to turn, When Hudibras, whom thoughts...