10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SEA CALF»
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sea calf in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
sea calf and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Scourge: Or, Monthly Expositor of Imposture and Folly
207 But ere to Long fish Sea Calf hied, He had with Mermaid converse deep; So
sorely wounded was her pride, She vow'd to burst, ere deign to weep. Mermaid.
Perfidious thou like Clarence erst 'mongtt men, Now seek'st to swim from young ...
2
History of English Literature
When Ben, the dolt of a sailor, wants to make love to Miss Prue, she sends him off
with a flea in his ear, raves, lets loose a string of cries and coarse expressions,
calls him a " great sea-calf." " What does father mean," he says, " to leave me ...
Hippolyte Aldophe Taine, 2010
3
Ovid's Metamorphoses: In Fifteen Books
Hippolytus, by way of Em- phasr, (hows how big that Sea-Calf was, which made
the Sea rise up like a Mountain. 510. Dare mugitn,.] To bellow. For Sea- Calves
low,or bellow like Oxen j 1 1 . Cornig er, 8fs.] After the Sea-Calf fcuril the Waves
in ...
Ovid, Nathan Bailey, Banier (M. l'abbé, Antoine), 1774
Hippolytus, by way of emphasis, sliows how big that sea-calf was, which made
the sea rise up like a mountain. 510. Dare mugitus.] To bellow. For sea- calves
low or bellow like oxen. 511. Corniger, &c.j After the sea-calf burst the waves in ...
Ovid, Nathan Bailey, Johannes Minellius, 1815
5
The Dublin University Magazine: A Literary and Political Journal
"No, no," she said,pattinghisarm; "the poor sea-calf may worship when he likes,
but it shall be from a long way off. Now, you must promise me not to be angry with
the poor sea- calf." "You are an angel," said the lover. And they passed out of the
...
6
The Natural History of Animals, Vegetables, and Minerals: ...
The great seal of the Canadian sea, spoken of by Davis, by the name of the sea
wolf, and which he distinguishes from the common sea calf, might poffibly be the
fame as the sea lion we are speaking of. Their young, fays this author, who is ...
Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon, 1775
7
DUBLIN UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE, A LITERARY AND POLITICAL ...
"No, no," she said, patting his arm; "the poor sea-calf may worship when lie likes,
but it shall be from a long way off. Now, you must promise mo nut to be angry with
the poor sea- calf." "You are an angel," said the lover. And they passed out of ...
8
Spectacle de la nature: or, Nature display'd. Being ...
The Fat and Flesh The Seal, or of the Sea-Calf are still much more va- p/^alf>
lued: You see it yonder running on the Rocks upon the Coast ; as is also that of
the Sea-Cow, called in French* Lament in, by reason of its Bellowing. Chevalier.
Noël Antoine Pluche, 1766
9
Cumberland's British Theatre: With Remarks, Biographical & ...
Sea calf ! I an't calf enough to lick your chalked face, you cheese-curd, you. —
Marry thee ! Oons, I'll marry a Lapland witch as soon, and live upon selling
contrary winds and wrecked vessels. [They rise. Miss P. I won't be called names,
nor I ...
George Daniel, Thomas Dolby, 1828
Sea-calf! I an't calf enough to lick your chalked face, you cheese-curd, you. —
Marry thee ! Oons, I'll marry a Lapland witch as soon, and live upon selling
contrary winds and wrecked vessels. [They rise. Miss P. I won't be called names,
nor I ...
