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Quotation from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton
“I had not time to lick it into form, as she doth her young ones”
The Anatomy of Melancholy, Democritus Junior to the Reader (Project Gutenberg #10800 (modernized text checked against 1638))
Burton apologises for the confused, extemporaneous style of the book, comparing it to a bear's unformed cub.
Citation: "I had not time to lick it into form, as she doth her young ones" — Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, Democritus Junior to the Reader (Project Gutenberg #10800 (modernized text checked against 1638)). (id the-anatomy-of-melancholy-q5)
Portrait: Robert Burton by Gilbert Jackson, Gilbert Jackson, Public domain.
