 | Edmund Burke - 1889 - عدد الصفحات: 556
...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 is the great Serlonian log, betwixt Damiata and Mount Casius old, where armies whole have sunk. I do not intend... | |
 | 1775 - عدد الصفحات: 868
...Some yearsago, the repeal of a revenue aft, upon its underftood principle, might ivboie have funk. I do not intend to be overwhelmed in that bog, though in fuch refpeclable company. The queltion with "'tis, not whether you have a right to render your people... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1792 - عدد الصفحات: 676
...confufion. For high and reverend authorities lift up their heads on both fides ; and there is no fure footing in the middle. This point is the great Serbonian bog^ betwixt Damiata and Mount Cafus old, where armies whole have funk. I do not intend to be overwhelmed in that bog, though in fuch... | |
 | John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - عدد الصفحات: 610
...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 Bums frore, and cold performs th' erFe<ft of fire. Thither, by harpy-footed furies... | |
 | Thomas James Mathias - 1799 - عدد الصفحات: 102
...serene, the Christian Victor rode/ And oo' h'is flag insqrib'd, THE WILJL OF QOD ! (g) The ( /) " That Serbon'ian Bog, Betwixt Damiata and Mount Casius old, Where Armies whole have sunk." PL b. 2. (§) The Victory of Admiral Lord NELSON on the First of August, 1798, over the French Fleet... | |
 | Robert Bisset - 1800 - عدد الصفحات: 502
.../ 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 is the great Serbonian bog, betzuixt Damiata and Mount Casnis old, where armies whole have sunk. I do not intend to be overwhelmed... | |
 | John Milton - 1801 - عدد الصفحات: 396
...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... | |
 | School - 1801 - عدد الصفحات: 450
...public school. It has been received at home and abroad with , etjual attention and honour, (/) " That Serbonian Bog, Betwixt Damiata and Mount Casius old, Where Armies whole have smjk." P, L. b, 9. There, as in mournful pomp o'er Egypt's woes, Th' embodied Majesty of Nilus rose,... | |
 | 1801 - عدد الصفحات: 448
...public school. It has been received at home and abroad with equal attention and honour. (s) " That Serbonian Bog. Betwixt Damiata and Mount Casius old, Where Armies whole have suuk." PL b, a. There, as in mournful pomp o'er Egypt's woes, Th' embodied Majesty of Nilus rose, In... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1801 - عدد الصفحات: 368
...point is the great Serbonfan bog, betwixt Damiata and Mount Ca/ius old, where armies whole have funk. I do not intend to be overwhelmed in that bog, though in fuch refpectable company. The queftion with me is, not whether you have a right to render your people... | |
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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... 
