...drops"; he founders "half on foot, / Half flying," employing "both Oar and Sail" (2.931, 933, 940-42): So eagerly the fiend O'er bog or steep, through strait,...And swims or sinks, or wades, or creeps or flies[.] (2.947-50) He continues until he encounters "friendly natives"—Chaos, Night, Chance, Discord, et...

...Paradise Lost. Most particularly, Milton's vivid depictions of Satan's discoveries recurred to Darwin — "O'er bog or steep, through strait, rough, dense,...And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies" - through his fall toward "This pendent World" to find "At length a universal hubbub wild, / Of stunning...

...wakeful custody purloined The guarded gold, so eagerly the Fiend O'er bog or steep, through straight, rough, dense, or rare, With head, hands, wings, or...And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies. •^Paradise Lost 2.921-950 Milton has introduced into this narrative scene at least one and perhaps...

...pages later, warming to his subject, he described pterodactyls by reference to Milton's fiend, who "O'er bog, or steep, through strait, rough, dense,...hands, wings, or feet, pursues his way, / And swims, or sink, or wades, or creeps, or flies." 3 Newly discovered anatomical knowledge was communicated through...

...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 flies. — MILTON, PARADISE LOST The Seraph from Its Sepulcher The inscribed prayer was to be recited at each...