...by the poet by means of some accidental coincidence ; as in the wellknown passage in Hudibras : — The sun had long since in the lap Of Thetis taken...boil'd, the morn From black to red began to turn."* The Imagination modifies images, and gives unity to variety ; it sees all things in one, il piii, neW...

...property & 5 prerogative of continuous minds of the highest order, &.the conjunction disjunctive of Wst - [']And like a lobster boil'd the Morn From black to red began to turn['], which is the excellence of men of discontinuous minds — arrange & classify the men of continuous...

...are nearly black; boiling degrades them to redness, as Samuel Butler avers in his satire Hudibras: And, like a lobster boil'd, the morn From black to red began to turn. Light absorption by organic pigments is fundamentally no different from that by inorganic minerals:...

...fantastical imitation of the poetical imagery, and similitudes of the morning? The sun, long since, had in the lap Of Thetis taken out his nap; And, like...boil'd, the morn, From black to red began to turn. Many an orthodox Scotch Presbyterian (which sect few accuse of disregard for the holy scriptures) has...

...at the back of our mind we are in the right mood to appreciate and enjoy Butler's quixotic travesty: The Sun had long since in the Lap Of Thetis, taken out his Nap, And like a Lobster boyl'd, the Morn From black to red began to turn, When Hudibras, whom thoughts and aking Twixt sleeping...