 O'er bog, or steep, through strait, rough, dense, or rare, With head, hands, wings, or feet, pursues his way, And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies.  Descriptive Catalogue of the Fossil Organic Remains of Reptilia and Pisces ... - Page 35de Royal College of Surgeons of England. Museum - 1854 - 184 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | 1840 - 818 pages
...to raake haste: no matter how ; he is ' to make haste.' ' so eigerly tke 6end Cr>r bor, o'er uteep, through strait, rough, dense, or rare, With head, hands, wings or feet, purities his way; Aid vwinu, or kinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies.' Vad die conscientious, pains-taking... | |
 | William Buckland - 1841 - 488 pages
...the island of Bonin. (See Zool. Journ. No. 16, p. 458.) " Thus, like Milton's fiend, all qualified for all services and all elements, the creature was...the shores of a turbulent planet. 'The Fiend, O'er bag, or steep, through strait, rough, dense, or rare. With head, hands, wings, or feet, pursues his... | |
 | 1841 - 524 pages
...island of Bonin. (Bridgewater Treatise.) 'Thus,' says the Professor, 'like Milton's fiend, all qualified for all services and all elements, the creature was...swarmed in the seas or crawled on the shores of a turDul«nt planet r " The Fiend O'er boy , or iteep, through strait, rough, dense, or rare, With head,... | |
 | 1841 - 1040 pages
...of Bonin. 'Bridgetcater Treatise.) 'Thus,' says the Professor, 'like Mil ton's fiend, all qualified for all services and all elements, the creature was...for the kindred reptiles that swarmed in the seas or crawlad on the shores of a turju lent planet : " The Firad O'er bog, or steep, through strait, rough,... | |
 | Edward Hitchcock - 1841 - 372 pages
...Buckland, " like Milton's fiend, all qualified for all services, and all elements, the Pterodactyle was a fit companion for the kindred reptiles that swarmed in the seas, or crawled on the chores of a turbulent planet. " The Fiend, O'er bog, or steep, through straight, rough, dense, or rare,... | |
 | Edward Hitchcock - 1841 - 370 pages
...Buckland, " like Milton's fiend, all qualified for all services, and all elements, the Pterodactyle was a fit companion for the kindred reptiles that swarmed in the seas, or crawled on tho shores of a turbulent planet. " The Fiend, O'er bog, or steep, through straight, rough, dense,... | |
 | Robert Emory - 1841 - 400 pages
...fair heritage of our race. That was, indeed, a hellish mission. Yet how zealously was it executed ! ' O'er bog, or steep, through strait, rough, dense, or rare, With head, hands, wings, or feet, the fiend pursues his way, And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies.' Too striking a specimen... | |
 | Edward Hitchcock - 1842 - 366 pages
...Buckland, " like Milton's fiend, all qualified for all services, and all elements, the pterodactyls was a fit companion for the kindred reptiles that...turbulent planet. " The Fiend, O'er bog, or steep, through straight, rough, dense, or rare, With head, hands, wings, or feet, pursues his way, And swims, or sinks,... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Eliakim Littell - 1843 - 614 pages
...depths darker than Erebus, and the bewildered and benighted reader is remorselessly made to follow, " O'er bog or steep, through strait, rough, dense, or rare. With head, hands, wings, or feet, pursues hie way, And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies : At length a universal hubbub wild Of... | |
 | Richard Owen - 1843 - 408 pages
...burrowing, and of flight; thus, like Milton's fiend, it is qualified for different elements, and " Through strait, rough, dense, or rare, With head, hands. wings, or feet, pursues its way, And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies." With such diversified powers of attaining... | |
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