It scarcely breathes with its one lung (the other shrivelled and abortive) ; it is passive to the sun and shade, and is cold or hot like a stone ; yet " it can outclimb the monkey, outswim the fish, outleap the zebra, outwrestle the athlete, and crush... The Study of Animal Life - Page 262by John Arthur Thomson - 1892 - 375 pagesFull view - About this book
| Education - 1897 - 678 pages
...hot like a stone; yet 'it can outclimh the monkey, outswim the fish, outleapthe zebra, out wrestle the athlete, and crush the tiger. It is a divine hieroglyph...power of the air, so this is the clothed power of tin; dust ; as the bird is the symbol of the spirit of life, so this of the grasp and sting of death.''... | |
| John Ruskin - Art, Greek - 1869 - 200 pages
...vibration of the scales quite too rapid to be conceived. The motion of the crest and dorsal fin of 4 stone; yet "it can outclimb the monkey, outswim the...nature. As the bird is the clothed power of the air, BO this is the clothed power of the dust ; as the bird the symbol of the spirit of life, so this of... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1886 - 494 pages
...with its one lung (the other shrivelled and abortive) ; it is passive to the sun and shade, and is cold or hot like a stone ; yet " it can outclimb the...power of the earth, — of the entire earthly nature.' * Such is the serpent lago. (P. 242.) Of the tragic story, what is the final issue ? The central point... | |
| John Ruskin - Art, Greek - 1872 - 202 pages
...motion of the crest and dorsal fin of stone ; yet " it can outclimb the monkey, outswirn the fisli, outleap the zebra, outwrestle the athlete, and crush...nature. As the bird is the clothed power of the air, BO this is the clothed power of the dust ; as the bird the symbol of the spirit of life, so this of... | |
| John Ruskin - 1874 - 232 pages
...with its one lung (the other shrivelled and abortive) ; it is passive to the sun and shade, and is cold or hot like a stone; yet " it can outclimb the...is a divine hieroglyph of the demoniac power of the earth,—of the entire earthly nature. As the bird is the clothed power of the air, so this is the... | |
| Edward Dowden - 1875 - 448 pages
...Francais (Septiome Phase; par Albert Lacroix. (Bruxellcs, 1856.) is passive to the sun and shade, and is cold or hot like a stone ; yet ' it can outclimb the...power of the earth, — of the entire earthly nature." * Such is the serpent lago. In the last scene of the play Othello calls on Cassio (for he cannot himself... | |
| International Sunday School Lessons - 1913 - 416 pages
...It lies apparently dead for months together, but when roused it can, as the naturalist tells us, ' outclimb the monkey, outswim the fish, outleap the...zebra, outwrestle the athlete, and crush the tiger.' How naturally in describing temptation do we borrow language from the aspect and movements of this... | |
| Robert Brown - Dionysus (Greek god) - 1878 - 422 pages
...upon the seed-consuming it into new life, serpents sustain the chariot of the spirit of agriculture. It is a divine hieroglyph of the demoniac power of the earth, of the entire earthy nature. Yet, on the other hand, there is a power 1 Fergusson, Tree and Serpent s Of. Homerik... | |
| William Shakespeare - Othello (Fictitious character) - 1879 - 232 pages
...with its one lung (the other shrivelled and abortive) ; it is passive to the sun and shade, and is cold or hot like a stone; yet 'it can outclimb the...power of the earth — of the entire earthly nature."* Such is the serpent lago. In the Fast' scene of the play Othello calls on Cassio (for he cannot himself... | |
| William Shakespeare - Othello (Fictitious character) - 1879 - 238 pages
...with its one lung (the other shrivelled and abortive) ; it is passive to the sun and shade, and is cold or hot like a stone; yet 'it can outclimb the...crush the tiger/ It is a divine hieroglyph of the de^nvoniac power of the earth— of the entire earthly natul Such is the serpent lago. In the last... | |
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