...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...

...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, or steep, through strait,...And 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...

...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...

...another flounder! Then, sir, I first knew fatigue. NORTH. " So eagerly THE FIEND O'er bog, or steop, to judge of his pretensions. " There happened in...pass by a jest, was nobly censorious (censor-like) ; Eurue, or Notus, or Favonius — for all the heathen wind-gods were abroad — inflated him, and away...

...Pursues the Arimaspian, who by stealth 945 Had from bis wakeful custody purloin'd The guarded gold : So eagerly the Fiend O'er bog, or steep, through strait,...And 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...