 | Leigh Hunt - 1864 - 298 strani
...seems Of ancient pile, or else deep snow and ice, — * The river of Oblivion. A gulf profound, as that Serbonian bog Betwixt Damiata and Mount Casius old, Where armies whole have sunk.* The parching air Burns frore, jand cold performs the effect of fire. Thither, by harpy-footed furies... | |
 | John Milton - 1864 - 584 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... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1865 - 592 strani
...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...the great Serbonian bog, betwixt Damiata and Mount Cashw old, where armies whole have sunk. I do not intend to be overwhelmed /In that bog, though in... | |
 | 1909 - 502 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 sunk : the parching air Burns f rore, and cold performs the effect of fire. Thither, by harpy-footed Furies... | |
 | Peter James Stanlis - 1958 - 292 strani
...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...overwhelmed in that bog, though in such respectable company.47 The first passage reveals that expediency was an important practical element in Burke's... | |
 | Robert P. George - 1992 - 388 strani
...perplexed, and an appeal to authorities only thickens the confusion: for high and reverend authorities lift their heads on both sides, and there is no sure footing in the middle. The point is the great Serbonian bog, betwixt Damiate and Mount Casius old, where armies whole have... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1993 - 412 strani
...gendemen who opposed it produced many learned authorities from Locke, Selden, Harrington, and Pufboth sides; and there is no sure footing in the middle. This point is the great Serbonian bog, 12 betwixt Damiata and Mount Casius old, where armies whole have sunk. I do not intend to be overwhelmed... | |
 | Bryan A. Garner - 2001 - 990 strani
...Serbonian bog is said to have been between Egypt and Palestine. Milton wrote: "A gulf profound as that Serbonian Bog,/ Betwixt Damiata and Mount Casius old,/ Where armies whole have sunk." Paradise Lost 2.592. Here is another typical allusion to ancient history: "Most of the arguments and... | |
 | David Richards - 1994 - 366 strani
...which is described by Scott as 'Serbonian' which refers us again to Milton: A gulf profound as that Serbonian bog Betwixt Damiata and Mount Casius old Where armies whole have sunk.34 The Serbonian bog has multiple significances: as a mythical and epic resonance which fits the... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1997 - 720 strani
...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...overwhelmed in that bog, though in such respectable company. The question with me is, not whether you have a right to render your people miserable, but whether... | |
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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... 
