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
| Edward Gibbon - 1901 - 602 pages
...the progress of Julian the lines which were originally designed for another apostate : — So eagerly the fiend, O'er bog, or steep, through strait, rough, dense, or rare, With head, bands, wings, or feet, pursues his way And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies. K In that... | |
| John Milton - 1903 - 396 pages
...the Arimaspian, who by stealth Had from his wakeful custody purloined The guarded gold ; so eagerly the Fiend O'er bog or steep, through strait, rough, dense, or rare, The intricate wards, and evei Of massy iron or solid rock \\ Unfastens. On a sudden o\ With impetuous... | |
| Brander Matthews - 1911 - 314 pages
...a stage, prmces to act. He may also substitute a spondee for an iambus, as Milton often does : — O'er bog or steep, through strait, rough, dense, or rare, With head, hands, wmgs or feet, pursues his way ; And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies. So strongly accentual... | |
| Brander Matthews - 1911 - 300 pages
...a stage, princes to act. He may also substitute a spondee for an iambus, as Milton often does : — O'er bog or steep, through strait, rough, dense, or rare, With head, bauds, wings or feet, pursues his way ; And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies. So strongly... | |
| Brander Matthews - 1911 - 296 pages
...a stage, pffucSs to act. He may also substitute a spondee for an iambus, as Milton often does: — O'er bog or steep, through strait, rough, dense, or rare, With head, halids, wings or feet, pursues his way ; And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies. So strongly... | |
| 1843 - 408 pages
...reptiles, and which is now possessed by the Ptcropus Pselaphon, or vampire bat of the island of Bonin. Thus like Milton's fiend, all-qualified for all services...creature was a fit companion for the kindred reptiles which swarmed in the seas or crawled on the shores of a turbulent planet. * Linnean Correspondence,... | |
| John Milton - 1917 - 660 pages
...Arimaspian, who by stealth • Had from his wakeful custody purloined The guarded gold ; so eagerly the Fiend O'er bog or steep, through strait, rough,...rare, With head, hands, wings, or feet, pursues his wav. y And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or fliesty 950 At length a universal hubbub wild Of... | |
| 1837 - 658 pages
...itself from trees. Benin. (See Zool. Journ., No. 16, p. 458.) 'Thus, like Hilton's fiend, all qualified for all services and all elements, the creature was...the shores, of a turbulent planet. " The fiend, O'er hog, or steep, through itrait, rough, dense, or rare, With head, hands, wings, or feet, pursues his... | |
| Birmingham central literary assoc - 1879 - 456 pages
...command of heaven's all-powerful King " they had been appointed to keep ; how he then pursued his way " O'er bog or steep, through strait, rough, dense, or rare, With head, hands, wings, or feet And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies'' II. 949. through the dark " Illimitable ocean,... | |
| Martin J. S. Rudwick - 1995 - 298 pages
...Pteropus Pselaphon, or Vampire Bat of the island of Bonin. 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 lx>g, or steep, through strait, rough, dense, or rare, With head, hands, wings, or feet, pursues his... | |
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