So, where our wide Numidian wastes extend, Sudden, th' impetuous hurricanes descend, Wheel through the air, in circling eddies play, Tear up the sands, and sweep whole plains away. The helpless traveller, with wild surprise, Sees the dry desert all around... Military Memoirs of Mr. George Thomas; Who, by Extraordinary Talents and ... - Page 225by William Francklin - 1805 - 383 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1829 - 426 pages
...the impetuous hurricanes descend, '* ^ Which through the air in circling eddies play, Tear up th« sands, and sweep whole plains away. The helpless traveller, with wild surprise, '*^t. Sees the dry desert all around him rise : And, smothered in the dusky whirlwind, dies. . The... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1830 - 284 pages
...unshaken Cato Will look aghast, while unforeseen destruction Pours in upon him thus from every side. So, where our wide Numidian wastes extend, Sudden,...him rise, And smother'd in the dusty whirlwind dies. ACT THE THIRD. SCENE I. MARCUS, PORTIUS. MARCUS. Thanks to my stars, I have not ranged about The wilds... | |
| Gaius Sallustius Crispus - 1830 - 216 pages
...Syphax gives of it in his speech to Sempronius (in Addison's Cato) was perpetually before my mind:' So, where our wide Numidian wastes extend, Sudden...rise, And, smother'd in the dusty whirlwind, dies. ' These lines (adds Mr. Bruce) are capital, and are a fine copy, which can only appear tame, by the... | |
| British theatre - 1830 - 928 pages
...unshaken Cato Will look aghast, while unforeseen destruction Pours in upon him thus from every side. So, where our wide Numidian wastes extend, Sudden th' impetuous hurricanes descend, Wheel through th' air, in circling eddies play, Tear up the sands, and away. sweep whole p pay, lains rse, l ise,... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1830 - 294 pages
...behold not, how " the stream refines, " Till by degrees the floating mirror shines?" While hurricanes " in circling eddies play, " Tear up the sands, and sweep whole plains away." We shrink with horror, and confess our fear, And all the sudden-sounding ruin hear. When purple robes,... | |
| Herodotus, William Beloe - 1831 - 524 pages
...with the loss of so many of his troops. They told him that their deity5 had appeared to them, which The helpless traveller, with wild surprise. Sees the dry desert all around him rise, And smothered in the dusty whirlwind dit:-. Addiion, ** These lines," says Mr Bruce, who quotes them, "... | |
| Augustin Calmet - 1832 - 1060 pages
...beauty : Lo, where our wide Nuiiiirlian wastes extend, Sudden the impetuous hurricanes descend ; Which through the air in circling eddies play, Tear up the...surprise, Sees the dry desert all around him rise, And, smothered in the dusty whirlwind, dies. "The few hours we remained in this situation were passed in... | |
| James Bell - 1832 - 812 pages
...: ' Lo ! where our wide Numidian wastes extend, Sudden the impetuous hurricanes descend, Which through the air in circling eddies play, Tear up the sands, and sweep whole plains ;nvay. The helpless traveller, with wild surprise, Sees the dry desert all around him rise : Arid,... | |
| 1833 - 828 pages
...unshaken Cato Will look aghast, while unforeseen destruction Pours in upon him thus from every side. So, where our wide Numidian wastes extend, Sudden...play, Tear up the sands, and sweep whole plains away. VOL. I. ...20. 26* The helpless traveller, with wild surprise, Sees the dry desert all around him rise,... | |
| Sallust - 1844 - 256 pages
...immortalize their name.1 I now resume my narrative. 82. Jugurtha, after the loss of Thala, thinking So, where our wide Numidian wastes extend, Sudden...rise. And, smother'd in the dusty whirlwind, dies. " These lines," adds Mr. Bruce, " are capital, and are a fine copy, which can only appear tame by the... | |
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