| John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| NUMBER: | 2539 |
| AUTHOR: | John Milton (16081674) |
| QUOTATION: | Oer 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. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Paradise Lost. Book ii. Line 948. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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