 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 - 1854 - 584 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,... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1853 - 600 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,... | |
 | Publius Vergilius Maro - 1855 - 474 pages
...the death of Cato : Cato, end of 2d Act : " So, where our wide Numidian wastes 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." 164. Milton uses an equivalent for semper fro ndentis : " With... | |
 | 1856 - 986 pages
...impetuous hurricanes descend, Which through the air in circling eddies play, Tear up tlu; sands, and s\veep whole plains away. The helpless traveller, with wild...surprise. Sees the dry desert all around him rise: And, smothered in the dusty whirlwind, dies.' 11 The few hours we remained in this situation were passed... | |
 | 1859 - 836 pages
...impetuous hurricanes descend ; У heel through the air, in circling eddies play, fear up the sande, and sweep whole plains away. The helpless traveller,...rise, And, smother'd in the dusty whirlwind, dies. [Exeunt ACT III. SCENE I.— The Palace. Enter MARCUS and PORTIUS. Marc. Thanks to my stars, 1 have... | |
 | 1859 - 828 pages
...aghast, while unforeseen destruction Pours in upon him thus from every side. So, where our wide Niimidian wastes extend, Sudden th' impetuous hurricanes descend...play, Tear up the sands, and sweep whole plains away. VOL. I.... 2 Gl 26* The helpless traveller, with wild surprise, Sees the dry desert all around him... | |
 | James Boswell - 1860 - 434 pages
...alluded to closes the fourth act of Cato— " So whero our wide Numidian wastes extend, Sudden the impetuous hurricanes descend, Wheel through the air,...The helpless traveller with wild surprise, Sees the ory desert nfi aronna nim nse, And, smothered in the dusty whirlwind, dies. meadow; and the people... | |
 | Joseph A. Meen - 1860 - 216 pages
...descend, Which through the air in circling eddies pUy, Tear up the sands, and sweep whole plains »way. The helpless traveller, with wild surprise, Sees the dry desert all around him rise, And, smothered in the dusty whirlwind, dies." These winds are referred to by Isaiah (ch. xxi. 1) as coming... | |
 | Henry Southgate - 1862 - 774 pages
...patriarchs, with sublime intent Themselves and their posterity to serve. Dyer So, where our wide Nutnidian wastes extend, Sudden th' impetuous hurricanes descend, Wheel through the air, in circling eddies play, Tearup the sands, and sweep whole plains away ; DESEBT. DESOLATION. The helpless traveller, with wild... | |
 | 1864 - 332 pages
...destruction Pours hi upon him thus from every side. So, where our wide Numidian wastes extend, •Su'lden th' impetuous hurricanes descend, Wheel through the...rise, And. smother'd in the dusty whirlwind, dies. [Exeunt. ACT Ш. SCENE I.— A Portico of the Palace. Enter MAI1CUS and POECIUS. Mar. Thanks to my... | |
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