Serbonian

These observations are not for the "heaven-born," who from their closets scan with eagle glance fields of battle, whose mighty pens slay their thousands and their tens of thousands, and in whose "Serbonian" inkstands "armies whole" disappear; but it is hoped that they may prove useful to the young adopting the profession of arms, who may feel assured that the details of the art of war afford "scope and verge" for the employment of all their faculties.

Destruction and Reconstruction: Personal Experiences of the Late War Richard Taylor

These observations are not for the "heaven-born," who from their closets scan with eagle glance fields of battle, whose mighty pens slay their thousands and their tens of thousands, and in whose "Serbonian" inkstands "armies whole" disappear; but it is hoped that they may prove useful to the young adopting the profession of arms, who may feel assured that the details of the art of war afford "scope and verge" for the employment of all their faculties.

Generals, Confederate States of America, Biography, Soldiers, Louisiana, Southern States, Army, Louisiana Infantry Regiment, 9th., History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Personal narratives, United States, Campaigns, Military Life, Reconstruction. 1879

(Anyone have a list of great classical allusions to use in legal writing when the occasion presents itself, e.g., the infamous Serbonian bog?) neurodoc (Quote)

The Volokh Conspiracy » Journalist’s Privilege, Candlestick Maker’s Privilege, “a Curious Unreality,” and Piling Pelion Upon Ossa 2010

Anyone have a list of great classical allusions to use in legal writing when the occasion presents itself, e.g., the infamous Serbonian bog?

The Volokh Conspiracy » Journalist’s Privilege, Candlestick Maker’s Privilege, “a Curious Unreality,” and Piling Pelion Upon Ossa 2010

As a result, more than four decades later, the law has become what Judge Bruce Selya has described as a “Serbonian bog.”

The Volokh Conspiracy » Looking Forward 2009

As a result, more than four decades later, the law has become what Judge Bruce Selya has described as a “Serbonian bog.”

The Volokh Conspiracy » 2009 » August 2009

After that, from the Serbonian lake, in which the story goes that Typhon is concealed, from this point onwards the land is Egypt.

The History of Herodotus Herodotus 2003

‘Serbonian Bog,’ and wiped our arms (half of which were rendered unserviceable by the mud) we once more pushed forward to our object, within a few hundred yards of which we found ourselves about half an hour before sunrise.

The Settlement at Port Jackson 2003

Palestine, and from Cadytis, which is a city I suppose not much less than Sardis, from this city the trading stations on the sea - coast as far as the city of Ienysos belong to the king of Arabia, and then from Ienysos again the country belongs to the Syrians as far as the Serbonian lake, along the side of which Mount Casion extends towards the Sea.

The History of Herodotus Herodotus 2003

When a group of fallen angels set out to chart the new world into which they have fallen (II. 570-628), they find “fierce extremes, extremes by change more fierce,” heat and cold, tow - ering mountains and caverns vaster than any known on earth, “a frozen continent ... beat with perpetual storms ... a gulf profound as that Serbonian bog.”

COSMIC VOYAGES MARJORIE HOPE NICOLSON 1968