...perdition." 'When he would make his verse tell of toil, in sound as well as sense, he speaks thus : " The fiend O'er bog, or steep, through strait, rough,...And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies." A fine natural ear teaches the poet to attend to these points, and, without attention to them, versification...

...companion for the kindred reptiles that swarmed in the sea, or crawled on the shores of a turbulent planet. 'The Fiend, O'er bog, or steep, through strait, rough,...And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies.' With flocks of such like creatures flying in the air, and shoals of no less monstrous Ichthyosauri...

...opinions, will accomplish a task, not a little resembling a celebrated journey described by Milton : O'er bog, or steep, through strait, rough, dense,...And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies. " Time," says Bacon, " seemeth to be of the nature of a river or stream, which carrieth down to us...

..." So eagerly the Fiend O'er bog, or steep, through strait, rough, dense, or rare, With head, haude, wings, or feet pursues his way, And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies." PUGHE : tudal. 62. " Cymaint awch y Mallt, Tros gore, tros allt, trwy gul, garw, dwys, neu dacn, Gan...

...nature, dans ses romans, plus contagieux que ses traités, 1 With head, nands, wings, or feel persues his way, And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies. dans sa Promenade du Sceptique, dans son Rêve de d'Alcmbert, cynique ébauche où le matérialisme...

...for the kindred reptiles that swarmed in the seas, or crawled on the shores of a turbulent planet." " The fiend, O'er bog, or steep, through strait, rough,...And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies." Paradise Lost. " With flocks of such-like creatures flying in the air, and shoals of no less monstrous...

...So lab'ring on, with shoulders, hands, and head,] " So eagerly the Fiend O'er bog, o'er steep, thro' strait, rough, dense, or rare, With head, hands, wings,...way, And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flics." Milton, Book ii.— P. With arms expanded Bernard rows his state, And left-legg'd Jacob seems...

...hill or moory dale Purs'ies the Arimaspian, who by stealth 945 Had from his wakeful custody purloin'd The guarded gold : So eagerly the Fiend O'er bog,...swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies. 950 At length a universal hubbub wild Of stunning sounds and voices all confused, Borne through the hollow...

...ambition, and which impelled the enemy of mankind to overcome obstacles hitherto unsurmounted — " The Fiend O'er bog, or steep, through strait, rough,...And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies ;" Whilst the baffling of the celestial guard that watched Eden, and the final accomplishment of the...

...Fiend, O'er bog, or steep, through strait, rough, dense, or rare, With head, hands, wings, or (vet pursues his way, And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies." Cuvier, in his great work, pronounces these flying reptiles the most extraordinary of all the beings...