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35 40 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 , And from his couch prepard to rise ...
35 40 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 , And from his couch prepard to rise ...
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| Title | Bell's Edition, Volumes 33-34 Bell's Edition, John Hamilton Mortimer |
| Author | John Bell |
| Illustrated by | Thomas Stothard, John Hamilton Mortimer |
| Publisher | J. Bell, 1797 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 2 Mar 2006 |
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