...went at him right in front — but such another flounder! Then, sir, I first knew fatigue. NORTH. " So eagerly THE FIEND O'er bog, or steep, through strait,...And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps or flies." TALBOYS. Finally I reached him — closed on him — when Eolus, or Eurus, or Notus, or Favonius —...

...perdition." 'When he would make his verse tell of toil, in sound as well as sense, he speaks thus : " The fiend O'er bog, or steep, through strait, rough,...And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies." A fine natural ear teaches the poet to attend to these points, and, without attention to them, versification...

...companion for the kindred reptiles that swarmed in the sea, 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.' With flocks of such like creatures flying in the air, and shoals of no less monstrous Ichthyosauri...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...fury staid, Quench'd in a boggy Syrtis, neither sea, Nor good dry land : nigh founder'd on he fared, 940 Treading the crude consistence, half on foot,...and voices all confused, Borne through the hollow d«rk, assaults his ear With loudest vehemence : thither he plies, Undaunted to meet there whatever...

...tfnu sp'i .-. cne ground : thence many a league, As tt; a ,;ny ciiaii, ascendmg rides 930 Had from his wakeful custody purloin'd The guarded gold : so eagerly...swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies. 950 Ai, length a universal hubbub wild Of stunning sounds, and voices all confus'd, Borne through the hollow...

...went at him right in front — but such another flounder ! Then, sir, I first knew fatigue. NORTH. " So eagerly THE FIEND O'er bog, or steep, through strait,...And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies." TALBOYS. Finally I reached him — closed on him — when Eolus, or Eurus, or Notus, or Favonius —...