 | Julius Charles Hare, Augustus William Hare - 1867 - 656 páginas
...For instance, in the note on the passage where Milton compares one of the regions of hell to " that great Serbonian bog Betwixt Damiata and Mount Casius old, Where armies whole have sunk," the modern editors, in a note taken from Patrick Hume, refer only to Herodotus and Lucan ; neither... | |
 | George Sewall Boutwell - 1867 - 650 páginas
...hostility to the Union, and to the citizens of the free States. Secesgion is — "A gulf profound as that Serbonian bog, Betwixt Damiata and Mount Casius old, Where armies whole have sunk." The Southern masses will soon learn that they have been deceived in regard to the courage and capacity... | |
 | 1867 - 698 páginas
...Geography our correspondent will find numerous references to classical writers who speak of — "That Serbonian bog Betwixt Damiata and Mount Casius old, Where armies whole have sunk." The limits of the Serbonian bog have been ranch contracted in later ages by the elevation of the sea-borde... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1868 - 828 páginas
...obdured breast With stubborn patience as with triple steel. Book ii. Line 568. 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 th' effect of fire. Thither by harpy-footed Furies... | |
 | Treasury - 1869 - 474 páginas
...obdured breast With stubborn patience as with triple steel. Booh ii Line 568. A gulf profound as that Serbonian bog, Betwixt Damiata and Mount Casius old, Where armies whole have sunk. Book ii. Line 392. O'er many a fro2en, many a fiery Alp, Rocks, caves, lakes, fens, bogs, dens, and... | |
 | Hugh Miller - 1869 - 436 páginas
...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... | |
 | Earl John Russell Russell - 1870 - 554 páginas
...were to attempt entering on that question, I should run great risk of overwhelming myself in that ' great Serbonian Bog, Betwixt Damiata and Mount Casius old, Where armies whole have sunk.' Burke has also said, ' From the earliest considerations of religion and constitutional policy, from... | |
 | John Milton - 1870 - 436 páginas
...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 th' effect of fire. 595 Thither by harpy-footed furies... | |
 | Earl John Russell Russell - 1870 - 550 páginas
...entering on that question, I should run great risk of overwhelming myself in that 1 great Scrbonian Bog, Betwixt Damiata and Mount Casius old, Where armies whole have sunk.' Burke has also said, ' From the earliest considerations of religion and constitutional policy, from... | |
 | Henry Flowerdew - 1871 - 156 páginas
...only thickens the confusion. For high and reverend authorities lift up their heads on both sides ; and there is no sure footing in the middle. This point...old, where armies whole have sunk. I do not intend to J39 be overwhelmed in that bog, though in such respectable company. The question with me is, not 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 footing... 
