 | Hugh Miller - 1859 - 444 strani
...touch its deceitful surface, they fare as the lords of creation did in a long posterior age, in that " Serbonian bog, Betwixt Damiata and Mount Casius old, Where armies whole have sunk." But, as happened to so many of the heroes of classic history, death is fame here, and by dying they... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1860 - 644 strani
...authorities only thickens the confusion. For high and reverend authorities lilt up their heads on hoth ke Serhonian hog, hetni»t Dami(Ua and Mount Casiua old, where armirs whoU have •un&. I do not intend... | |
 | John Milton - 1860 - 424 strani
...but gathers heap, and ruin seems Of ancient pile: all else deep snow and ice; A gulf profound as that Serbonian bog Betwixt Damiata and mount Casius old, Where armies whole have sunk: the parching air Burns frore, and cold performs the effect of fire. Thither by harpy-footed furies... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1860 - 606 strani
...touch its deceitful surface, they fare as the lords of creation did in a long posterior age, in that ' Serbonian bog, Betwixt Damiata and Mount Casius old, Where armies whole have sunk.' But as it happened to so many of the heroes of classic history, death is fame here, and by dying they... | |
 | Charles Cavendish Clifford - 1860 - 52 strani
...sportsman on Scottish hills stalks the stag. For miles around were morasses : A gulf profound as that Serbonian bog . Betwixt Damiata and mount Casius old, Where armies whole have sunk. At one moment I was surprised at seeing nothing but the ears and neck of my horse, the rest of his... | |
 | Hugh Miller, Harriet Myrtle - 1860 - 478 strani
...deceitful surface, they fare as the lords of creation did in a long posterior age, in that " Serboniun bog, Betwixt Damiata and Mount Casius old, Where armies whole have sunk." But, as happened to so many of the heroes of classic history, death is fame here, and by dying they... | |
 | John Milton - 1860 - 574 strani
...gathers heap, and ruin seems Of ancient pile; all else deep snow and ice, A gulf profound, as that Serbonian bog Betwixt Damiata and mount Casius old, Where armies whole have s""k: the parching ac Burns frore, and cold performs Jtie effect of fire. Thither, by harpy-footed... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1862 - 460 strani
...each other ; where reason is perplexed ; and an appeal to authorities only thickens the confusion. For high and reverend authorities lift up their heads...the " great Serbonian bog, betwixt Damiata and Mount Cassius old, where armies whole have sunk." I do not intend to be overwhelmed in that bog, though in... | |
 | John Milton - 1862 - 366 strani
...gathers heap, and ruin seems 590 Of ancient pile, all else deep snow and ice ; A gulf profound, as that Serbonian bog Betwixt Damiata and mount Casius old, Where armies whole have sunk : the parching air Burns frore, and cold performs the effect of fire. Thither, by harpy-footed Furies... | |
 | John Milton - 1862 - 568 strani
...heap, and ruin seems Of ancient pile ; all else deep snow and ice : A gulf profound as that Serbonion bog Betwixt Damiata and mount Casius old, Where armies whole have sunk : the parching air Burns frore, and cold performs th' effect of fire. Thither by harpy footed furies... | |
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These are deep questions, where great names militate against each other ; where reason is perplexed ; and an appeal to authorities only thickens the confusion. For high and reverend authorities lift up their heads on both sides ; and there is no sure... 
