...not 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,...

...by the sequel shall be shown. 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 ; When Hudibras, whom thoughts and aking Twixt sleeping kept, all night, and waking, Began to rub his...

...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...

...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...

...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,...

...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 2Here there is no real connexion between a lobster boiling, and the morn,...

...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,...

...the sequel shall be shown. The sun had 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 and aking 'Twixt sleeping kept all night and waking, Began to rub his...