...faith j Each ftriving to make good his own, As by the fequel (hall be (hov.-n. The fun had long fmce, in the lap Of Thetis, taken out his nap. And, like a lobfter boil'd, the morn I From black to red began to turn ; When Hudibras, whom thoughts 'and akmg 'Twixt fleeping kept, all...

...latter with (in) the Scotiih (Scottifh). Butler thus defcribes the morning, ludicroufly, but wittily : " The fun had long fince, in the lap Of Thetis, taken out his nap ; , And, like a lobfter boiled, the morn From black to red began to turn. " This pleafes as an ingenious piece of wit. The...

...Butler, amongst a thousand other instances, hath given us those which follow : 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 *. , i Here the low allegorical style of 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 his renegade...

...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, when we...

...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 Homer, is an...

...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 a double contrast...

...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 men their...

...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 did not present...

...With entering 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...