 The guarded gold; 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 Philadelphia Souvenir: A Collection of Fugitive Pieces from the ... - Page 124publié par - 1826 - 212 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | John Milton - 1795 - 316 pages
...940 Treading the crude consistence, half on foot, Half flying ; behoves him now both oar and sail. As when a gryphon through the wilderness With winged...wakeful custody purloin'd The guarded gold : So eagerly the Fiend O'er bog, or steep, through straight, rough, dense, or rare, With head, hands, wings, or... | |
 | John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - 610 pages
...crude consistence, half on foot, 941 Half fly'ng ; behoves him now both oar and sail. As when a Griffon through the wilderness With winged course, o'er hill...moory dale, Pursues 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,... | |
 | John Ferriar - 1798 - 334 pages
...fable in a fine simile, describing Satan's laborious flight through the chaos. As when a Gryphon thro' the wilderness With winged course, o'er hill or moory...from his wakeful custody purloin'd The guarded gold.- — - Par. Lost. b.ii. 943, * Lib. viii, c. ii. One of the authorities quoted for this story is Herodotus,... | |
 | John Milton - 1801 - 396 pages
...940 Treading the crude consistence, half on foot, Half flying ; behoves him now both oar and sail. As when a gryphon through the wilderness With winged...moory dale, Pursues the Arimaspian, who by stealth 945 Had from his wakeful custody purloin'd • The guarded gold : So eagerly the Fiend O'er bog, or... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1806 - 512 pages
...his hidden treasures. From these authorities, and that of Herodotus, our Milton draws his simile — As when a Gryphon, through the wilderness, With winged course, o'er hill or moory dale, Pursues the Arhnaspian, who, by stealth. Had from his wakeful custody purloin'd The guarded gold. 0 was it warwolf... | |
 | John Milton - 1807 - 514 pages
...940 TreadingIhe crude consistence, half on foot, Half fly'ing ; behoves him now both oar and sail. As when a gryphon through the wilderness With winged...moory dale, Pursues the Arimaspian, who by stealth 94i Had from his wakeful custody purloin'd The guarded gold : so eagerly the Fiend O'er bog, or steep,... | |
 | William Hayley - 1810 - 484 pages
...fares, Treading the crude consistence, half on foot, Half flying ; behoves him now both oar and sail. As when a gryphon, through the wilderness With winged...Arimaspian, 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,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 560 pages
...fares, Treading the crude consistence, half on foot, Half flying ; behoves him now both oar and sail. As when a gryphon, through the wilderness With winged course, o'er hill or moory dak, Pursues the Arimaspian, who by stealth Had from his wakeful custody purloin'd The guarded gold... | |
 | John Ferriar - 1812 - 236 pages
...Milton employs this fable in a fine simile,, describing Satan's laborious flight through the chaos. As when a Gryphon through the wilderness With winged course, o'er hill or moory dale, • < Porsues the Arimaspian, who by stealth Had from his wakeful custody purloin'd The guarded gold.... | |
 | Herodotus - 1812 - 468 pages
...book of Paradise Lost : As when a griffin thro' the wilderness With winged course, o'er hill or mossy dale, Pursues the Arimaspian. who by stealth Had from his wakeful custody purloined The guarded gold. Lucan speaks of the Arimaspians as a people who ornamented their hair with... | |
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