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...beard. .Bacon. They leave a tinged bottom all involved With stench and smoke. MUton't Paradise- Lost. Thus riding on' his curls, he seemed to pass A rolling fire along, and singe the grass. Dryden. 404 SIN That neither was tinged in the combustion of Phaeton nor overwhelmed by the inundation...

...beard. Bacon. They leave a ringed bottom all involved With stench and smoke. ililton't Partdiu Lot'.. Thus riding on his curls, he seemed to pass A rolling fire along, and tmgr the grass. Drydn, 404 SIN That neither was tinged in the combustion of Phaeton nor overwhelmed...

...the promised shores of Italy, Or Tiber's flood, what flood so'er it be.' 110 Scarce had he finish'd, when, with speckled pride, A serpent from the tomb began to glide : His hugy bulk on sev'n high volumes roll'd ; Blue was his breadth of back, but streak'd with scaly gold: Thus riding...

...the promised shores of Italy, Or Tiber's flood, what flood soe'er it be." 110 Scarce had he finish'd, when, with speckled pride, A serpent from the tomb began to glide : His hugy bulk on sev'n Jiigh volumes roll'd ; Blue was his breadth of back, but streak'd with scaly gold: Thus riding...

...reach the promisM shores of Italy, Or Tyber's flood, what flood soe'er it be." Scarce had he fimshM, when, with speckled pride, A serpent from the tomb began to glide His hugy bulk on sev'n high volumes roll'd ! Blue was his breadth of back, but streak'd withr scaly gold : Thus riding...

...attributed to serpents, is only describing a scene which he may often have witnessed : — " Scarce had he finished, when with speckled pride A serpent from...gold : Thus, riding on his curls, he seemed to pass A rolliug fire along, and singe the grass. More various colours through his body run Than Iris, when...

...the Trojan hero sacrificed to his father's ghost, a serpent of this kind made his appearance, - and from the tomb began to glide His hugy bulk on seven high volumes vo 1 I'd ; Blue was his breadth of back, and streak'd with scaly gold, Thus riding on his curls he...

...tempest force their way; 'Tis fate diverts our course; and fate we must obey. Scarce had he finish' d, when, with speckled pride, A serpent from the tomb began to glide ; His hugy bulk on sev'n high volumes roll'd; Blue was his breadth of back, but streak'd with scaly gold: Thus, riding...

...the language of the Phoenician, and the "Fiery Serpent" of the passage before us: — "Scarce had he finished, when, with speckled pride, A serpent from...to pass A rolling fire along, and singe the grass. "§ It is not wonderful, then, that fire-worship and serpent-worship should be conjoined. The serpent,...