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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... "
Essays: on the Nature and Immutability of Truth, in Opposition to Sophistry ... - Page 143
by James Beattie - 1809
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Hudibras: Poëme, Volume 2

Samuel Butler - 1757 - 512 pages
...Faith ; Each ftri-ving to make good his own , As ly the Sequel fh nil befhown. The Sun had long ftne e in the Lap Of Thetis taken out his Nap , And like a Lobftcr botl'd , the Morn From Black to Red began to tara. When Hudibras 3 whom Thoughts ana Akin g...
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Elements of Criticism, Volume 3

Lord Henry Home Kames - 1762 - 464 pages
...manfully, and urging; - ....;, Not flow approaches, like a virgin. Canto I. The fun had long fince in the lap Of Thetis taken out his nap ; And, like a lobfter boil'd, the morn From black to red began to turn. Part 2. canto 2. Books, like men, their authors,...
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Elements of Criticism: Volume I [-II].

Lord Henry Home Kames - 1765 - 578 pages
...entering manfully, and urging ; Not flow approaches, like a virgin. C*nt» i . The fun had long fince in the lap Of Thetis taken out his nap ; And, like a lobfter bofl'd, the morn From black to red began to turn. Part 2. canto 2. Books, like men, their authors,...
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Elements of Criticism..

Lord Henry Home Kames - 1772 - 398 pages
...entering manfully, and urging ; Not flow approaches, like a viigin. , Cante I. The fun had long fmce in the lap Of Thetis taken out his nap ; And, like a lobfter boil'd, the morn From black to red began to turn. Part 2. cantt z. Books, like men, their authors,...
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Hudibras, in Three Parts: Written in the Time of the Late Wars, Volume 1

Samuel Butler - 1774 - 254 pages
...faith, Each ftriving to make good his own, As by the fequel (hall be (hown. The fun had long fince, in the lap Of Thetis, taken out his nap, And like a lobfter boil'd, the morn From black to red began to turn ; When Hudibras, whom thoughts and itking,...
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A Course of Lectures on Oratory and Criticism

Joseph Priestley - 1777 - 348 pages
...lively fenfe of pleafure. This we may perceive in the following lines of Butler : The fun had long fince in the lap] Of Thetis taken out his nap ; And, like a lobfter boil'd, the morn From black to red began to turn. HUD. Part II. Cant. II. Ver. 29. This effect...
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Essays: On Poetry and Music, as They Affect the Mind; on Laughter, and ...

James Beattie - 1779 - 536 pages
...that the laugh arifes from our " fuppofing the author to aflume for a moment * The fun had long fince in the lap Of Thetis taken out his nap, And, like a lobfter hoil'd, the morn From black to red began to turn. c^ the character of one who, from his ignorance...
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An Essay on Taste: To which is Now Added Part Fourth, of the Standard of ...

Alexander Gerard - 1780 - 310 pages
...whets valour fharp, like beer By thunder turn'd to vinegar. Cant. i. ver. 107. The fun had long fince in the lap Of Thetis taken out his nap, And like a labfter boil'd, the morn From black to red began to turn. Part 2. cant. 2. ver. 2^. My Galligalkins...
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The Works of the British Poets, Volume 5

Robert Anderson - 1795 - 740 pages
...faith; Each ftriving to make good his own, As by the fequcl fhall be fhewtr. The fun had long fince, in the lap Of Thetis, taken out his nap, And like a fobftcr bpil'd, the morn From black to red began to turn ; When Hudibras, whom thoughts and aking 'Twutt...
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Bell's Edition, Volumes 33-34

John Bell - 1797 - 722 pages
...f.fr.^t si" f .^ 'vaifr.i£.i, ..•» k: za'S s:i...'£, ^u.;w«i.. 3l6 HUDIRRAS. Pitt 1t, And, lite 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...
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