...ironically invokes Milton's lengthily described Satan, Squat like a Toad, close at the ear of Eve; Assaying by his Devilish art to reach The Organs of her Fancy, and with them forge Illusions as he list, Phantasms and Dreams, Or if, inspiring venom, he might taint...

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...what he is up to in book 4 when the angel guards find him Squat like a toad, close at the ear of Eve Assaying by his devilish art to reach The organs of her fancy, and with them forge Illusions as he list, phantasms and dreams, Or if, inspiring venom, he might taint...

...the first time through a dream ('Him there they found / Squat like a toad, close at the ear of Eve; / Assaying by his devilish art to reach / The organs of her fancy, and with them forge / Illusions, as he list, phantasms and dreams'). See also JS Amelang, 'Durmiendo...

...find Satan whispering into Eve's ear: Him there they found Squat like a toad close to the ear of Eve, Assaying by his devilish art to reach The organs of her fancy, and with them forge Illusions, as he list, phantasms and dreams. (Milton Paradise Lost, Book IV) These...

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...loathsome guise of the amphibian. He writes of the Devil: "Squat like a toad, close at the ear of Eve, Assaying by his devilish art to reach, The organs of her fancy." Frogs and toads, newts and salamanders are amphibians, which means "life on both sides," in this case...