 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.  A Description of More Than Three Hundred Animals: Interspersed with ... - Página 4561829 - 476 páginasVisualização completa - Sobre este livro
 | Charles Gildon - 1718 - 490 páginas
...Courfe o'er Hill or nioary Dale, Perfues the Arint»ffian, who by Stealth Had from his wakeful Cuftody purloin'd The guarded Gold : So eagerly the Fiend O'er Bog, or Steep, thro' flrair, rough, denfe, or rare, With Head, Hands, Wings, or Fett,perfues his Way, And fwims, or... | |
 | John Milton - 1795 - 316 páginas
...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...: So eagerly the Fiend O'er bog, or steep, through straight, rough, dense, or rare, With head, hands, wings, or feet pursues his way, And swhr.s, or sinks,... | |
 | John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - 610 páginas
...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 páginas
...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 páginas
...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 páginas
...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 páginas
...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,... | |
 | 1810 - 482 páginas
...wilderness With winged course, o'er bill or meory dale, Pursues theArimaspian, who byitcalth Had from bis wakeful custody purloin'd The guarded gold : So eagerly...rough, dense, or rare, With head, hands, wings, or feet purs«cs fail way, [1i*« : And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creepy, or At length a universal hubbub... | |
 | William Hayley - 1810 - 484 páginas
...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 páginas
...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... | |
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