 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.  A hundred wonders of the world in nature and art, ed. by J. Small - Page 273edited by - 1876 - 607 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1810 - 482 pages
...theArimaspian, who byitcalth Had from bis wakeful custody purloin'd The guarded gold : So eagerly the Fiend O'er bog, or steep, through strait, rough, dense, or rare, With head, hands, wings, or feet purs«cs fail way, [1i*« : And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creepy, or At length a universal hubbub... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1811 - 568 pages
...easy transit across ' the palpable obscure' of ancient legends, and must once more ' O'er bog, o'er steep, through strait, rough, dense, or rare, With head, hands, wings, or feet, pursue our way.' In the few strictures which we have ventured to offer on the Newtonian, as contrasted... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1812 - 580 pages
...moderne pourrait appliquer à Julien des vers faits pour un autre apostat. « • So eagerly the.fiend^ O'er bog, or steep, through strait, rough, dense, or rare, With head y hands , wings, orfeet 3 pursues hîs wa/j ^4nd swims , or sinlcs , or wades, or creeps, orjlies.... | |
 | John Milton - 1813 - 342 pages
...guarded gold: so eagevlyAhe fiend O'er bog, or steep, through strait, rough, dense, or rare, \Vith head, hands, wings, or feet pursues his way, And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies : 950 At length a universal hubbub wild Of stunning sounds and voices all eonfus'd,... | |
 | 1849 - 802 pages
...first knew fatigue. NORTH. " So eagerly THE FIEND O'er bog, or steep, through strait, rough, dense, 01 rare, With head, hands, wings, or feet pursues his way, And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies." TALBOYS. Finally I reached him — closed on him — when Eolns, or Eurus, or... | |
 | Thomas Boreman - 1818 - 420 pages
...from his wakeful custody pnrloin'd The guarded gold ; so eagerly the fiend, • O'er bog or stoep, through strait, rough, dense, or rare. With head, hands, wings, or feet, pursues his way, Aud swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies." p. LB ,,, v. 943. The Arimaspians were supposed... | |
 | John Aikin - 1820 - 832 pages
...who by stealth Had from his wakeful custody purloin'd The guarded gold : so eagerly the fiend O er emselves invaded next, and on their heads Main promontories...Came shadowing, and oppress'd whole legions arm'd or creeps, or flies , At length a universal hubbub wild Of stunning sounds, and voices all confus'd,... | |
 | John Milton - 1820 - 342 pages
...from his wakeful custody purloinM The guarded gold : so eagerly the Fiend O'er bog, or steep, thro' strait, rough, dense, or rare, With head, hands, wings,...feet, pursues his way, And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies : 950 At length a universal hubbub wild Of stunning sounds and voices all confue'd,... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1820 - 460 pages
...originally designed for another apostate J So eagerly the fiend, O.er bog, or steep, through strait, rongh, dense, or rare With head, hands, wings, or feet, pursues his way, Ami swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies. of light brigantines,k as it lay at anchor ; secured... | |
 | John Milton - 1821 - 226 pages
...Ariraaspiau, who by stealth Had from his wakeful custody purloin'd The guarded gold : So eagerly the Fiend O'er bog, or steep, through strait, rough, dense,...feet, pursues his way, And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies: At length a universal hubbub wild Of stunning sounds, and voices all confused,... | |
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