 O'er bog, or steep, through straight, rough, dense, or rare, With head, hands, wings, or feet, pursues his way, And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies...  The Yankee Enterprise: Or The Two Millionaires; and Other Thrilling Tales - Pàgina 227per Moulton Hampton (pseud.?), Henry E. Davenport (pseud.?) - 1855 - 334 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | New York (State). Department of Public Instruction - 1865 - 418 pàgines
...veteran he prefers to die on the spot rather than retreat. Hence the evil must be endured, and the pupil "O'er bog, or steep, through straight, rough, dense, or rare, With head, hands, wings, or feet, pursues his way, And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies," till he arrives... | |
 | Edward Steane Jackson - 1867 - 94 pàgines
...swim. These strange peculiarities have led some writers to compare it to Milton's fiend, who — " O'er bog or steep, through straight, rough, dense, or rare, With head, hands, wings, or feet, pursues his way, And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies." Pterodactyle,... | |
 | Tom Hood - 1877 - 348 pàgines
...Still more remarkable is the following passage, as expressive of slow and toilsome travel: — "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, or wades, or creeps, or flies." The chief mean... | |
 | William Mathews - 1878 - 464 pàgines
...in listening to him, one thought of Satan's flight through chaos, as depicted in "Paradise Lost": " O'er bog or steep, through straight, rough, dense, or rare, With head, hands, wings, or feet, pursues his way, And swims or sinks, or wades or creeps, or flies." Reporters complained... | |
 | Leone Levi - 1880 - 730 pàgines
...of personal communication. The time was not quite gone when, as in the days of Milton, a traveller O'er bog or steep, through straight, rough, dense, or rare, With head, hands, wings, or feet, pursued his way, And swam, or sunk, or waded, or crept, or fled. In 1760, after the... | |
 | Charles Stanford - 1881 - 212 pàgines
...leaves, when the centre was mashed into a quagmire, and when, in the language of Milton, the traveller "O'er bog or steep, through straight, rough, dense, or rare, With head, hands, wings, or feet, pursued his way, And swam or sank, or waded, or crept, or fled." 1 You would have supposed... | |
 | A. P. Allen - 1885 - 276 pàgines
...all is significant of burly strength. He has stamina ; he can take the initiative in emergencies. " ' O'er bog or steep, through straight, rough, dense, or rare, With head, hands, wings or feet, pursues his way, And swims or sinks, or wades, or creeps or flies ' (Afilton). " This... | |
 | Virginia Waddy - 1889 - 432 pàgines
...animation of the one method, and the gravity of the other, are seen together here : So eagerly 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, or wades, or creeps, or flies. — Milton. Splitting... | |
 | Virginia Waddy - 1889 - 432 pàgines
...The animation of the one method, and the gravity of the other, are seen together here: So eagerly 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, or wades, or creeps, or flies.—Milton. Splitting... | |
 | John Milton - 1896 - 226 pàgines
...Arimaspian, who by stealth 9« Had from his wakeful custody purloined The guarded gold ; so eagerly 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, or wades, or creeps, or flies. At length a universal... | |
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