 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.  Sallust - Page xxixby Ronald Syme - 2023 - 433 pagesLimited preview - About this book
 | John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - 610 pages
...land Thaws not, but 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 - 102 pages
...yet 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... | |
 | John Milton - 1801 - 396 pages
...land Thaws not, but 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... | |
 | 1801 - 448 pages
...great 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... | |
 | School - Satire, English - 1801 - 450 pages
...great 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,... | |
 | Satire, English - 1802 - 452 pages
...great public school. It has been received at home and abroad with equal attention and honour. (i) " That Serbonian Bog. Betwixt Damiata and Mount Casius old, Where Armies whole have sunk." P, L. b. ». There, as in, mournful pomp o'er Egypt's woes, Th' embodied Majesty of Nilus rose, In... | |
 | Nathaniel Chapman - Great Britain - 1808 - 512 pages
...their heads on both sides .•, aud there is no sure footing in the middle. This point is the great Serbonian bog, betwixt Damiata and Mount Casius old. .where armies whole have sunk. I do not intend to be overwhelmed in that bog, though in such respectable company. The question with... | |
 | Nathaniel Chapman - Great Britain - 1808 - 518 pages
...heads on both sides ; aud there is no sure footing in the middle. This point is the great Scrbonlan bog, betwixt Damiata and Mount Casius old. •where armies whole have sunk. I do not intend to be overwhelmed in that bog, though in such respectable company. The question with... | |
 | William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 484 pages
...land Thaws not, but gathers heap, and ruin seems Of ancient pile ; or else deep snow and ice, A gulph 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... | |
 | James Everett - 1812 - 138 pages
...land Thaws not, but gathers heap, and ruin seems Of ancient pile; all else deep snow and ice, A gulph 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. Thhher by harpy-footed furies... | |
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