 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
 | Joseph Addison - 1837 - 548 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. ACT THE THIRD. SCENE I. MARCUS, PORTIUS. Marcus. Thanks to my stars, I have n about The wilds of life,... | |
 | Sir Richard Steele - 1837 - 252 pages
...dreadful as this : ' Sn where our wide Numidian wastes extend, Sudden th' impetuous hurricanes desrend, Wheel through the air, in circling eddies play, Tear up the sands, and sweep whole plains away. No. 64.1 THE GUARDIAN. I The helpless traveller, with wild surprise, Sees the dry desert all around... | |
 | Joseph Taylor - 1838 - 672 pages
...energetically described in the tragedy of Cato:— " So where our wide Numidian wastes extend, Sudden the impetuous hurricanes descend, Wheel through the air,...rise, And, smother'd in the dusty whirlwind, dies.' away,1 Mr. Bruce remarked, that these destructive winds alivays came from the south-east, while the... | |
 | 1838 - 588 pages
...occasion, seemed to possess as much truth as beauty. ' So where our wide Numidian wastes extend, Sudden the impetuous hurricanes descend ; Wheel through the air,...wild surprise, Sees the dry desert all around him r;se, And smothered in the dusty whirlwind dies/ The few hours we remained in this situation were passed... | |
 | Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - 1838 - 590 pages
...hurricanes defend; Wheel through the air, in circlms eddies pliy, Tear up the Rands, and sweep whole plainI away : The helpless traveller, with wild 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... | |
 | Richard Brookes - 1839 - 834 pages
...beauty : 1 Lo ! where our wide NnmiiHan waste« extend, Sudden the Impetuous hurricanes dencend, Which through the air in circling eddies play. Tear up the...away. The helpless traveller, with wild surprise, Bees the dry desert all around him ri*e: And, smothered In the dusty whirlwind, die«.' of terror forbade... | |
 | Richard Brookes - 1839 - 828 pages
...where our wide Numidian wastes extend, Budilrn Ihe impetuous hurricanes descend, Which through ihe air in circling eddies play. Tear up the sands, and...away. The helpless traveller, with wild surprise, See« the dry desert nil around him rive: And, einolherctl in the dusty whirlwind, die.*.' of terror... | |
 | Richard Brookes - 1839 - 834 pages
...beauty : *Lo! where our wide Numidian wastes extend, Sudden ihe impetuoux liurricanen descend, Which through the air in circling eddies play. Tear up the sands, and sweep whole plain* away. The helplera traveller, with wild surpnae, Sees the dry deiiert nil around him rise: And,... | |
 | George Paxton - 1842 - 586 pages
...the mouth of Syphax, a Numidian prince : — ' So where our wide Numidian states extend, Sudden the impetuous hurricanes descend. Wheel through the air,...surprise, Sees the dry desert all around him rise, And, smothered in the dusty whirlwind, dies.' * Maillet, Let. xiv. p. 232. t Savary's Letters on Egypt ;... | |
 | J. T. Bannister - 1844 - 650 pages
...hurricanes descend ; Wheel through the air, in circling eddies plav, Tear up the sands, and swf ep whole plains away. The helpless traveller, with wild...surprise, Sees the dry desert all around him rise, And, smothered in the dusty whirlwind. dies."* 4. LOCCSTS. The Laud of Canaan has often been laid waste... | |
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