Slipped. — Literally, were poured out. This metaphor for weakness and instability is obvious. Comp.
“Dissolvuntur enim turn demum membra fluuntque.”
LUCRETIUS, iv. 920.
Slipped. — Literally, were poured out. This metaphor for weakness and instability is obvious. Comp.
“Dissolvuntur enim turn demum membra fluuntque.”
LUCRETIUS, iv. 920.
2 But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.