 So eagerly the fiend, 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.  The history of the decline and fall of the Roman empire, with notes by ... - Side 115av Edward Gibbon - 1854Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | James De Mille - 1878 - 584 sider
...Inestimable stones, unvalued jewels — All scattered in the bottom of the sea." — SHAKESPEARE. " So eagerly the fiend, O'er bog or steep, through strait, rough, dense, or rave, With head, hands, wings, or feet, pursues his way, And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps,... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1880 - 630 sider
...c. 63, p. 278, 279, with Gregory Nazianzen, Oral, iii. p. 68. Even the saint admires the speed aud secrecy of this march. A modern divine might apply...Julian the lines which were originally designed for anothei Apostate : — So engerly the Bend. O'er bng, or titecp, through tftrntt, rough, den.tr, nr... | |
 | Samuel Sullivan Cox - 1885 - 774 sider
...besmutched with their cartridges in battle — was scampering along like the devil in Milton, flying — ' O'er bog or steep, through strait, rough, dense, or rare, With head, hand*, wings, or feet pursues his way, And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies'— until... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1899 - 636 sider
...47. 30 Compare Libanius, Orat. Parent, c. 63, p. 278, 279, with Gregory Nazianzen, Orat. iii. p. 68. Even the saint admires the speed and secrecy of this...for another apostate : — • ----- So eagerly the flenil, O'er bog, or steep, through itrait, rough, dense, or rare, With bead, hands, winp, or feet,... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1901 - 602 sider
...pushed forwards with some light infantry. The captive general, uncertain of Orat. iii. p. 68 [iv. c. 47} Even the saint admires the speed and secrecy of this...through strait, rough, dense, or rare, With head, bands, wings, or feet, pursues his way And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies. K In that... | |
 | John Milton - 1903 - 396 sider
...dale, Pursues the Arimaspian, who by stealth Had from his wakeful custody purloined The guarded gold ; so eagerly the Fiend O'er bog or steep, through strait, rough, dense, or rare, The intricate wards, and evei Of massy iron or solid rock \\ Unfastens. On a sudden o\ With impetuous... | |
 | Brander Matthews - 1911 - 314 sider
...a stage, prmces to act. He may also substitute a spondee for an iambus, as Milton often does : — O'er bog or steep, through strait, rough, dense, or rare, With head, hands, wmgs or feet, pursues his way ; And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies. So strongly accentual... | |
 | Brander Matthews - 1911 - 300 sider
...a stage, princes to act. He may also substitute a spondee for an iambus, as Milton often does : — O'er bog or steep, through strait, rough, dense, or rare, With head, bauds, wings or feet, pursues his way ; And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies. So strongly... | |
 | Brander Matthews - 1911 - 296 sider
...a stage, pffucSs to act. He may also substitute a spondee for an iambus, as Milton often does: — O'er bog or steep, through strait, rough, dense, or rare, With head, halids, wings or feet, pursues his way ; And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies. So strongly... | |
 | Gene Wolfe - 2006 - 356 sider
...dale, Pursues the Arimaspian, who, by stealth, Had from his wakeful custody purloined The guarded gold; so eagerly the Fiend O'er bog or steep, through strait, rough, dense, orrore With head, hands, wings, or feet pursues his way, And swims or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or... | |
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